§ Mr. Capeasked the Secretary for Mines whether he will state the amount per week charged to the men for the maintenance
Miners' Welfare Committee. Pithead Baths—Maintenance. Statement showing the contributions paid by the workmen at Baths completed up to 30th June, 1938, according to the returns for the last financial year in each instance. District. Less than 6d. per week. 6d. per week. More than 6d. per week. Number of Baths. Percentage of total paid by workmen. Number of Baths. Percentage of total paid by workmen. Number of Baths. Percentage of total paid by workmen Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Fife and Clackmannan. 2 18 8 72 1 10 The Lothians … — — 5 55 4 45 Lanarkshire … … 2 6 19 57 12 37 Ayrshire … … — — 3 34 6 66 Northumberland … 2 14 9 64 3 22 Durham … 13 45 12 41 4 14 Cumberland … 1 50 — — 1 50 Lancashire and Cheshire. 16 57 9 32 3 11 North Wales … 1 50 1 50 — — South Yorkshire … 16 61 9 35 1 4 West Yorkshire … 9 47 8 42 2 11 Nottinghamshire … 11 69 5 31 — — Derbyshire … 11 79 3 21 — — South Derbyshire … 1 50 — — 1 50 North Staffordshire — — 12 100 — — Cannock Chase … 2 50 — — 2 — South Staffordshire and Worcestershire. 3 100 — — — — Leicestershire … 2 100 — — — — Warwickshire … 4 57 3 43 — — Forest of Dean … 1 100 — — — — Somerset … … — 1 50 1 50 South Wales … — — 23 61 15 39 Kent … … 1 25 3 75 — — 98 34 133 46 56 20
§ Mr. Capeasked the Secretary for Mines what steps either he or the National Welfare Commission have taken to seek to have a uniform charge of not more than 6d. per week charged to the miner for the maintenance of pithead baths?
§ Mr. LloydThe Miners' Welfare Committee, when offering to provide baths, make it a condition that the colliery owners shall make arrangements with the workmen for meeting the maintenance costs, and in every case the committee ask the colliery owners to co-operate with them to secure wherever possible that the men's subscription shall not exceed 6d. a week. I would remind the hon. Member that the Miners' Welfare Committee has no statutory power as regards the1272W of baths, giving the districts and the actual cost to the miners in each district?
§ Mr. LloydFollowing is the information: costs of maintenance of pithead baths, and the details of these arrangements are a matter for agreement between the employers and the employed.
§ Mr. Capeasked the Secretary for Mines how many mines were equipped with pithead baths up to the end of June, 1939; the districts covered; and the number of men and boys provided for in these baths?
§ Mr. Lloyd287 pithead baths with accommodation for 361,732 men and boys and 750 women had been completed up to the end of last month. They are distributed equitably amongst all the coalfield districts, as shown in the published List of Pithead Baths (1939 edition) a copy of which I am sending to the hon. Member.