Coal Conveyors

HC Deb 15 December 1942 vol 385 cc1802-3W

Sir R. Gower

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the percentage of the coal output carried by conveyors in 1939, 1940 and 1942 in each of the 25 districts that are specified in the Annual Reports of his Ministry?

Major Lloyd George

The information is not yet available in respect of 1942; for the years 1939 and 1940 it is as follows:—

Percentage of the output of coal carried by conveyors at mines under the Coal Mines Act, 1911, in each district of Great Britain in the years 1939 and 1940.
District	1939	1940
		Per cent.	Per cent.
England and Wales.
1.	Northumberland	45	48
2.	Durham	27	30
3.	Cumberland and Westmorland	33	41
4.	Lancashire and Cheshire	79	81
5.	Yorkshire, South	68	71
6.	Yorkshire, West	39	44
7.	Nottinghamshire	84	85
8.	Derbyshire, North	78	85
9.	Derbyshire, South	85	87
10.	Staffordshire, North	93	92
11.	Cannock Chase	52	52
12.	South Staffs and Worcester	—	—
13.	Leicestershire	77	82
14.	Warwickshire	70	71
15.	Shropshire	24	40
16.	Forest of Dean	28	32
17.	Somerset	13	12
18.	Bristol	2	—
19.	Kent	79	77
20.	South Wales and Mon-mouth	48	50
21.	North Wales	81	81
Total	58	61
Scotland
22.	Fife and Clackmannan	85	86
23.	Lothians (Midand East)	65	69
24.	Lanarkshire, etc.	45	48
25.	Ayrshire, etc.	44	45
Total	59	61
Great Britain	58	61