HC Deb 02 July 1926 vol 197 cc1478-9W
Colonel DAY

asked the Secretary for Mines the number of mines producing coal in 1918 and in 1925, together with the amount of output and the number of persons employed?

Colonel LANE FOX

The figures are as follow:

Year. No. of Coal Mines at work. Output of Saleable Coal. No. of Persons Employed.
Tons.
1918 2,631 227,622,578 989,349
1925 2,587 243,146,880 1,103,400
(provisional)