OUTPUT AND WAGES, SOUTH WALES.

HC Deb 30 April 1936 vol 311 cc1114-5W

Mr. DAGGAR

asked the Secretary for Mines the average output per person employed in mines in South Wales and Monmouthshire in 1935 and the average wages paid per person for the same year?

Captain CROOKSHANK

During the year ended 31st January, 1936, the average output of coal per person employed in mines in South Wales and Monmouthshire was 269 tons, and the average cash earnings per person employed during the same period was £123.