HC Deb 12 June 1936 vol 313 cc534-5W
Mr. BATEY

asked the Secretary for Mines the average weekly wage paid, the daily output per man, and the number of workmen employed in and about the mines in the county of Durham for the year ended 1935; and the average wages paid, the output per man, and the number of workmen employed in and about the mines in Great Britain for the year 1935?

Captain CROOKS-HANK

The information in respect of the coal mining industry in 1935 is as follows:

— Durham. Great Britain.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
1. Average weekly cash earnings of all wage-earners employed. 2 0 9 2 5 6
Cwts. Cwts.
2. Output per manshift worked. 22.07 23.35
3. Average number of wage-earners employed. 105,423 754,300

NOTE.—The particulars of cash earnings shown above do not include the value of allowances in kind which amounted on the average to 5s. 7d. per week in Durham and 1s. 10d. per week in Great Britain.

Mr. BATEY

asked the Secretary for Mines the average weekly wage paid, the daily output per man, and the number of workmen employed in and about the coal mines in the county of Durham for the quarter ended 31st March, 1936; and the average weekly wage paid, the daily output per man, and the number employed in and about the coal mines of Great Britain for the quarter ended 31st March, 1936?

Captain CROOKSHANK

The information in respect of the coal mining industry during the quarter ended 31st March, 1936, is as follows:

— Durham. Great Britain.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
1. Average weekly cash earnings of all wage-earners employed. 2 5 1 2 11 10
Cwts. Cwts
2. Output per manshift worked. 22.29 23.95
3. Average number of wage-earners employed. 107,434 761,638

NOTE.—The particulars of cash earnings shown above do not include the value of allowances in kind which amounted on the average to 6s. 0d. per week in Durham and approximately 2s. 0d. in Great Britain.