HC Deb 14 December 1925 vol 189 c1004W
Mr. SPOOR

asked the Secretary for Mines the total number of men employed in the coal mines of Durham County on the following dates. 31st October, 1923, 1924, and 1925?

Colonel LANE-FOX

The numbers of wage earners on colliery books in the County of Durham on 51st October, 1923, 1924, and 1925 were 172,600, 158,700, and 142,400, respectively.