§ Mr. Fosterasked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will give the total number of horses or ponies being used in British coalmines for haulage purposes and the number for each district separately.
Major Lloyd GeorgeThe total number is 24,530. Following are the district figures.
NUMBER OF HORSES EMPLOYED BELOW GROUND AT MINES UNDER THE COAL MINES ACT AT 30TH JUNE, 1944, IN THE VARIOUS COLLIERY DISTRICTS Colliery districts. Number. England and Wales 1. Northumberland 2,875 2. Durham 8,402 3. Cumberland and Westmorland 62 4. Lancashire and Cheshire 43 5. Yorkshire, South 1,330 6. Yorkshire, West 2,090 7. Nottinghamshire 984 8. Derbyshire, North 825 9. Derbyshire, South 121 10. Staffordshire, North 21 11. Cannock Chase 704 12. South Staffordshire and Worcester 384 13. Leicestershire 274 14. Warwickshire 132 15. Shropshire 64 16. Forest of Dean 158 17. Somerset 33 18. Bristol 30 19. Kent Nil 20. South Wales and Monmouth 5,465 21. North Wales 106 Scotland 22. Fife and Clackmannan Nil 23. Lothians (Mid. and East) 19 24. Lanarkshire, etc. 389 25. Ayshire, etc. 19 GREAT BRITAIN 24,530