HC Deb 26 July 1938 vol 338 c2916W
Mr. G. Macdonald

asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will state the total profits received in the coal industry in Lancashire and Cheshire in 1936, 1937, and for the period in 1938 for which figures are available?

Captain Crookshank

The estimated credit balances in the coal-mining industry in Lancashire and Cheshire, which were subject to deductions in respect of items such as interest on debentures or other loans, bank charges, amortisation and taxation, were as follow:

£
1936 816,000
1937 1,121,000
1938 (January-May) 687,000