§ Mr. G. HALLasked the Secretary for Mines the number of coal mines which were producing coal in this country on the latest available date and for the corresponding date for the years 1924 and 1925; the total wages paid per week to the workpeople employed at the coal mines of this country on the latest available date and for the corresponding date for the years 1924 and 1925; and the number of workpepole employed at the coal mines of this country for the same periods?
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§ Colonel LANE FOX,pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT,1st December, 1927; col.690, Vol. 211], supplied the following statement:
At the middle of November, 1927, 2,202 pits were producing coal in Great Britain, and 977,900 wage-earners were employed. The corresponding figures for1924 were 2,372 and 1,136,600, and for 1925, 2,263 and 1,066,200. During September, 1927, the latest date for which information is available, the estimated total weekly wage-bill was £2,250,000. The corresponding figures for 1924 and 1925 were £3,050,000 and £2,500,000.