HC Deb 24 February 1927 vol 202 c1939W
Mr. HALL

asked the Secretary for Mines the number of persons employed underground in the coal mines of this country who are over 60 years of age?

Sir P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER

The latest information is that obtained from the Decennial Census of Population of 1921, when 4.8 per cent. of the persons employed underground in the coal mining industry were 60 years of age or over.