§ Sir Ian Lloydasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give figures for total deep mine revenue output, number of pits, average men on colliery books and average revenue output per man shift for the latest convenient date and for February 1984 for each of British Coal's areas, in the same manner as in the reply of the Minister of State to the hon. Member for Darlington (Mr. Fallon) on 24 July, Official Report, column 358.
§ Mr. David HuntI am advised by British Coal that the total deep mine revenue output, number of pits, average men on colliery books and average revenue output per man shift for each area for the fiscal month of September 1986 and the fiscal month of February 1984 were as follows:
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Area Revenue Output (000 tonnes) Number of Pits Average Man-power OMS (tonnes) Four weeks ended 18 February 1984 Scotland 373 9 13,337 1.96 North East (Revised) 850 16 23,065 2.20 North Yorkshire 507 12 13,132 2.63 Doncaster 440 10 13,495 2.23 Barnsley 349 16 13,904 1.71 South Yorkshire 507 15 14,162 2.37 North Derbyshire 422 9 10,648 2.54 North Nottinghamshire 949 14 16,865 3.39 South Nottinghamshire 478 11 13,028 2.28 South Midlands 528 14 12,982 2.40 Western 542 17 18,660 2.08 South Wales 527 28 20,359 1.65
Area Revenue Output (000 tonnes) Number of Pits Average Man-power OMS (tonnes) Five weeks ended 27 September 1986 Scotland 341 6 6,664 2.35 North East 1,019 9 15,745 3.01 North Yorkshire 1,507 20 19,080 4.10 South Yorkshire 1,082 19 17,089 3.45 North Derbyshire 556 8 8,144 3.40 Nottinghamshire 1,737 22 24,996 3.42 South Midlands 454 9 8,021 2.87 Kent 42 3 1,328 1.41 Western 889 12 13,669 3.18 South Wales 587 16 12,229 2.33