§ Mr. Ness Edwardsasked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will state the figures
COAL MINING INDUSTRY. Period. Average No. of wage-earners on colliery books. Total output of Saleable coal raised. Average No. of shifts worked per wage-earner per week.† Average proceeds per ton disposable commercially.† Average Wage paid (excluding the value of allowances in kind). Per ton disposable commercially.† Per man-shift worked.† s d. s. d. s. d. Jan.-June, 1936 759,500 114,606,500 4.99 14 6.31 9 1 .42 10 0.03 July-Dec., 1936 752,500 113,827,700 5.02 14 8.69 9 2.61 10 0.66 Jan.-June,1937 772,000 120,488,500 5 23 15 6.30 9 7.25 10 7.01 July-Dec., 1937 783,700 119,904,200 5.14 16 2.82 10 0.47 10 9.06 Jan.-June, 1938 789,500 116,375.900 5.05 17 3.58 10 5.68 11 2.38 July-Dec., 1938 773,900 110,617,300 4.87 17 5.16 10 7.23 11 2.79 Jan.-June, 1939 773,000 117,751,500 5.18 17 6.46 10 8.35 11 5.79 July-Dec., 1939 759,600 113,586,400 5.11 18 4.36 11 1.20 11 7.75 Jan.-June, 1940 762,400 117,951,700 5.36 19 11.82 12 2.04 12 8.67 July-Dec., 1940 736,000 106,347,100 5.18 20 10.98 13 4.82 13 4.38 Jan.-June, 1941 692,900 101,314,200 5.35 23 6.60 14 4.89 14 2.91 July-Dec., 1941 702,300 105,030,100 5.39 24 6.37 15 8.88 15 6.64 Jan.-June, 1942 707,100 100,800,200 5.35 24 8.69 16 9.17 16 2.24 July-Dec., 1942 710,900 102,833,200 5.33 27 10.36 19 4.81 18 8.38 Jan.-June, 1943* 710,300 99,151,300 5.23 28 11.39 19 10.93 18 11.05 July-Dec., 1943* 702,700 96,337,300 5.03 28 11.15 20 7.31 19 3.36 * Provisional. † Information in respect of the whole of the coal mining industry is not available except in the case of shifts worked per wage-earner for which complete statistics were available from the beginning of 1943. The figures shown relate to undertakings accounting for between 96 and 97 per cent. of the total output and have been obtained from returns made in connection with the wages ascertainments.