HC Deb 31 May 1949 vol 465 cc150-1W
Mr. Fernyhough

asked the Minister of Labour the average weekly wage of miners in each of the years 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947 and 1948, and the average weekly wage for the quarterly periods since the mines were nationalised.

Mr. Gaitskell

I have been asked to reply. The average weekly earnings of

AVERAGE WEEKLY CASH EARNINGS AND VALUE OF ALLOWANCES IN KIND OF MINERS (ALL AGES) IN GREAT BRITAIN, 1938–1948
Year or quarter Cash earnings Value of allowance in kind Total
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1938 2 15 9 - 2 2 2 17 11
1939 2 19 6 - 2 3 3 1 9
1940 3 8 8 - 2 6 3 11 2
1941 4 0 0 - 2 9 4 2 9
1942 4 13 2 - 3 0 4 16 2
1943 5 0 0 - 3 3 5 3 3
1944 5 9 4 - 3 8 5 13 0
1945 5 12 8 - 4 3 5 16 11
1946 5 18 7 - 4 7 6 3 2
1947 6 13 0 - 5 9 6 18 9
1948* 7 17 0 - 6 10 8 3 10
1947–1st quarter 6 7 0 - 6 0 6 13 0
2nd quarter 6 9 6 - 5 5 6 14 11
3rd quarter 6 5 10 - 5 1 6 10 11
4th quarter 7 9 4 - 6 5 7 15 9
1948–1st quarter 7 14 1 - 7 2 8 1 3
2nd quarter 7 18 7 - 6 7 8 5 2
3rd quarter 7 10 7 - 6 2 7 16 9
4th* quarter 8 4 11 - 7 3 8 12 2
* Provisional