§ Mr. HANNONasked the Minister of Labour the number of working days lost by reasons of strikes in the coal industry during the month of March; the number of miners involved; and the average weekly output per miner in Great Britain during the period in question?
§ Viscount WOLMERI have been asked to reply. The number of working days lost in the coal mining industry owing to trade disputes resulting in s[...]oppage of work during the month of March was.
2086W approximately, 150,000; the number of workpeople involved in these disputes (including workpeople thrown out of work at the collieries where the disputes occurred, though not directly involved in the dispute) was, approximately, 24,000. The average weekly output per miner in Great Britain during the period in question was, approximately, five tons.
— Men. Boys. Women. Girls. Total. Oldbury 30th October, 1922 … 2,231 119 252 146 2,748 26th March, 1923 … 1,687 63 229 115 2,094 Stourbridge 30th October, 1922 … 1,800 44 120 23 1,987 26th March, 1923 … 1,488 33 181 18 1,720