HC Deb 01 December 1942 vol 385 cc1027-9W
Sir R. Gower

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the number of ponies killed and injured by accidents and destroyed for other reasons, specifying the number of ponies in each particular claim during the past three years, in South Wales, Yorkshire

YEAR SOUTH WALES AND MONMOUTH. YORKSHIRE. NORTHERN DIVISION.
Injury by Accident. Destroyed for other reasons. Injury by Accident. Destroyed for other reasons. Injury by Accident. Destroyed for other reasons.
Causing Death Causing Unfitness for Work. Causing Death. Causing Unfitness for Work. Causing Death. Causing, Unfitness for Work.
1940 … 201 965 439 160 427 387 418 1,459 1,087
1941 … 178 883 397 155 427 320 411 1,274 1,128
1942 … 152 891 270 166 414 299 393 1,246 943
1937 … 149 1,199 479 165 540 368 463 1,464 1,166
1938 … 162 1,180 486 165 475 399 472 1,579 1,451
1939 … 198 1,007 506 139 420 384 435 1,431 1,330

Sir R. Gower

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the number of ponies employed in Durham and Northumberland, taken together, Scotland and Lancashire, taken together, the percentages of the total

for using American power-loaders in these coalfields and the possibilities are being examined.

Sir R. Gower

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how many horses are employed below ground in the anthracite area of South Wales; the number of coal cutters and conveyors used; and the percentage of the output carried by conveyors?

Major Lloyd George

The figures available refer to the counties of South Wales in which anthracite mines are situated, and will therefore include a number of pits mining bituminous coal. The figures are as follow:

and the Northern Division; and how the rates of annual wastage compare with pre-war years?

Major Lloyd George

The information is as follows, the years 1937 to 1939 being given for purposes of comparison;

number employed in the United Kingdom used in these combined areas and the combined annual outputs?

Major Lloyd George

The information is as follows:

Area. Number of Horses employed at 30th April, 1942. Percentage of total number employed in the United Kingdom. Output of saleable coal during the year 1941.
Durham and Northumberland … … 11,576 44 35,360,686
Scotland and Lancashire … … 572 2 38,800,908