HC Deb 08 March 1994 vol 239 cc203-4W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many miners were in employment in(a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) the United Kingdom in each year since 1964.

Mr. Eggar

The numbers of wages earners on colliery books at 31 March each year since 1964 were as follows:

Thousands
Year England Wales Scotland United Kingdom
1964 373.0 79.4 52.9 505.3
1965 353.9 73.8 49.6 477.3
1966 326.4 64.9 44.9 436.2
1967 307.7 60.1 41.9 409.7
1968 274.7 54.1 36.0 364.8
1969 240.1 47.1 31.5 318.7
1970 223.4 42.2 30.1 295.7
1971 216.4 39.9 30.1 286.4
1972 207.6 38.0 28.4 274.0
1973 200.9 36.0 26.7 263.6
1974 186.0 32.2 24.3 242.5
1975 190.9 33.1 24.8 248.8
1976 188.3 31.8 23.6 243.7
1977 188.0 31.2 22.9 242.1
1978 187.2 30.2 21.9 239.3
1979 182.8 28.6 21.0 232.4
1980 184.6 27.6 21.0 233.2
1981 178.4 26.6 19.8 224.8
1982 169.9 25.5 17.4 212.8
1983 162.3 23.9 16.5 202.7
1984 146.7 21.3 13.1 181.1
1985 139.6 20.5 11.3 171.4
1986 116.1 14.7 7.7 138.5
1987 94.4 11.0 4.5 109.9
1988 74.9 10.6 3.5 89.0
Year England Wales Scotland United Kingdom
1989 69.8 8.0 2.4 80.2
1990 58.8 5.1 1.5 65.4
1991 52.8 3.1 1.4 57.3
1992 40.8 1.6 1.3 43.7
1993 29.3 1.2 1.2 31.7
11994 9.6 0.4 1.0 11.0
1 Men on books at 28 February.

Source: British Coal.