COAL MINING INDUSTRY (TIME UNDERGROUND).

HC Deb 18 July 1927 vol 209 cc39-40W

Mr. BATEY

asked the Secretary for Mines the average time underground per shift in each mining district in Great Britain?

Colonel LANE FOX

The average time underground per shift consists of the nominal 7½ 8 hours as the case may be, plus the average time spent underground on account of winding time. The number of minutes to be added in each district on account of winding time is discussed on page 269 of the recent Royal Commission's Report. The resulting figures, to the nearest 15 minutes,, in the larger districts are as follow:—

Scotland, Lancashire and Cheshire, Staffordshire and South Wales 8½ hours, Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Derby eight hours, Northumberland and Durham 7¾ hours for hewers, and 8¼ to 8½ hours for others.