§ Sir N. GRATTAN-DOYLEasked the Secretary for Mines the number of pits that have been reopened in the various mining areas since 1st January, 1929?
§ Commodore KINGThe total number is 78 pits, employing 11,138 wage-earners. The following statement gives the details:
NUMBER OF PITS which were closed at the end of December, 1928, and have since re-opened. District. Number of pits re-opened. Number of wage-earners employed at 16th February, 1929. Durham 5 63 Cumberland and Westmorland. 1 35 South Yorkshire 3 46 West Yorkshire 9 396 Lancashire and Cheshire. 4 374 North Derby 4 38 North Staffordshire 3 24 South Staffordshire and Worcester. 2 16 Warwick 1 5 Forest of Dean 2 10 South Wales and Monmouth. 32 8,781 North Wales 1 2 Fife and Clackmannan. 1 4 Lanark 8 1,114 Ayr and Dumfries 2 230 Total 78* 11,138 * Nineteen of these pits employed 10,078 wage-earners.