§ Mr. Raymond S. RobertsonTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many people are directly or indirectly employed in the coal mining industry(a) in Scotland and (b) in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. McLoughlinI have been asked to reply.
The latest available estimates of employees in employment show that there were 63,000 employees in the coal extraction and manufacture of solid fuels industry in the United Kingdom in September 1992. More detailed estimates are available only from the census of employment. The latest results relate to September 1989 and are as follows:
Employees in employment Coal extraction and manufacture of solid fuels Of which Deep coal mines Scotland 3,400 2,400 United Kingdom 96,000 88,700 Note: Estimates for 1991 will be published in April 1993.
834WThe Department has no figures for people indirectly employed in any industry.