HC Deb 11 December 1928 vol 223 c1941W
Mr. MARDY JONES

asked the Secretary for Mines how many coal mines have been abandoned in each British coalfield since 1st January, 1927, to date; what was the total number of miners em-

District. Number of Pits abandoned. Normal number of Wage-earners employed prior to abandonment.
1. Northumberland … … 17 739
2. Durham … … 52 3,950
3. Cumberland and Westmorland … … 2 84
4. Lancashire and Cheshire … … 36 4,304
5. Yorkshire, South … … 17 1,192
6. Yorkshire, West … … 30 2,284
7. Nottinghamshire … … 4 35
8. Derbyshire, North … … 39 1,366
9. Derbyshire, South … … 2 554
30. Staffordshire, North … … 31 1,199
11. Cannock Chase … … 17 1,005
12, South Staffordshire and Worcester … … 56 1,239
13. Leicestershire … … 1 10
14. Warwickshire … … 5 1,282
15. Shropshire … … 14 422
16. Forest of Dean … … 12 128
17. Somerset … … 1 328
18. Bristol … … — —
19. Kent … … — —
20. South Wales and Monmouth … … 83 6,067
21. North Wales … … 11 1,948
22. Fife and Clackmannan … … 8 936
23. Lothians (Mid. and East) … … 4 743
24. Lanarkshire, etc. … … 78 3,218
25. Ayrshire, etc. … … 20 1,306
Great Britain … … 540 34,339

I will send the hon. Member a list of those normally employing 50 or more persons prior to abandonment.