§ Mr. McGOVERNasked the Secretary for Mines the total number of persons who have been killed and injured in the mines of Great Britain for each year since 1900?
§ Captain CROOKSHANKThe information is as follows:
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NUMBER OF PERSONS killed and injured at Mines under the Coal Mines Acts in Great Britain during the years 1900 to 1935, so far as particulars are available. Year. Number of persons. Killed. Injured.* 1900 1,012 Not available. 1901 1,100 1902 1,024 1903 1,079 1904 1,055 1905 1,159 1906 1,141 1907 1,244 1908 1,308 141,822 1909 1,453 153,276 1910 1,775 159,008 1911 1,264 166,588 1912† 1,276 150,591 1913 1,753 177,138 1914 1,219 158,842 1915 1,297 Not available. 1916 1,313 1917 1,367 1918 1,401 1919 1,117 117,384 1920 1103 117,244 1921† 755 86,352 1922 1,105 185,497 1923 1,297 212,256 1924 1,201 195,423 1925 1,136 178,060 1926† 649 90,862 1927 1,128 173,449 1928 989 161,790 1929 1,076 175,899 1930 1,013 166,281 1931 859 141,471 1932 881 125,874 1933 820 122,419 1934 1,073 132,859 1935 855 Not yet available. * In 1924 and subsequent years accidents which disabled the person injured for more than three days were reportable, the limit in 1923 and earlier years being seven days. † In these years work at coal mines was reduced by protracted disputes and the number of persons killed and injured by accidents was correspondingly affected.
§ Mr. McGOVERNasked the Secretary for Mines the number of relief funds in existence raised for milling disasters; and the amount of money at present in existence for each separate disaster?
§ Captain CROOKSHANKI am having prepared a revised return of colliery relief funds bringing up to date the information contained in Parliamentary Paper No. 155 of 30th July, 1925. This 245W revised return will contain all the information which the hon. Member wants and I hope to present it to Parliament in two or three weeks.