HC Deb 24 May 1984 vol 60 c481W
Mr. Dover

asked the Secretary of State for Energy how many miners have been employed by the National Coal Board in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Giles Shaw

The numbers of men on NCB colliery books at the end of each of the last 10 financial years are as follows:

Year ending in March Number of men on colliery books (000)
1975 249
1976 244
1977 242
1978 239
1979 232
1980 233
1981 225
1982 213
1983 203
1984 181