§ Mr. LANSBURYasked the Secretary for Mines the number of persons employed in the mining industry on the 31st January and the 30th June, 1914, and the number employed for the same periods in 1919, 1920 and 1925, respectively?
§ Colonel LANE-FOXThe particulars are as follow:
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED IN COAL MINIING. Year. 31st January. 30th June. 1914 … … 1,105,000 1,111,000 1919 … … 1,074,000 1,148,000 1920 … … 1,195,000 1,215,000 1925 … … l,l61,000 1,079,000 Prior to the War figures were not collected weekly as they are at. present, and those given for 31st January and 30th June, 1914, are the numbers of persons ordinarily employed during the year 1913 and during the first seven months of 1914 respectively. All the figures include clerks and salaried persons, and during the last three periods a few persons engaged in raising or handling minerals other than coal are included.