§ Mr. Ridleyasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish for the United Kingdom and for other industrialised countries, the latest figures for(a) output per man-shift in coal mining, (b) kilowatt hours of electricity sent out per person employed in electricity supply and, (c) therms of gas sold per person employed in the gas industry.
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§ Mr. EadieThe Statistical Office of the European Communities publishes figures of average output per man-shift underground in coal mining in member countries. The following are the latest available figures, expressed in hundredweight:—
Average output (cwt.) per man-shift underground 1975 1976 Sept. Germany … … 80.0 80.3 >France … … 54.4 54.8 >France … … 54.4 54–8 Belgium … … 47.8 46.0 UK … … 68.8 63.3 (Source—Eurostat Coal Press Notice 11–1976)
Coal production in other member countries is small or nil, and no output per man-shift figures are issued for them. Figures on the same basis for other industrialised countries are not available.
The other statistics requested are not available on a comparable basis for the countries concerned.