HC Deb 29 January 1929 vol 224 cc774-5W
Mr. PARKINSON

asked the Secretary for Mines the total output of coal for Great Britain for the years 1910 to 1913 and 1921 to 1928, respectively; and the total export of coal for the same years, stating the average price of exported coal?

Commodore KING

The figures are as follow:

Year. Output of Coal in Great Britain. Coal exported from Great Britain.*
Quantity. Average declared value per ton f.o.b
Tons. Tons. s. d.
1910 264,353,000 62,085,000 11 8
1911 271,807,000 64,599,000 11 4
1912† 260,326,000 64,444,000 12 7
1913 287,348,000 73,400,000 13 10
1921† 163,163,000 24,661,000 34 10
1922 249,607,000 64,198,000 22 7
1923 276,001,000 77,974,000 25 2
1924 267,118,000 59,179,000 23 5
1925 243,176,000 48,574,000 19 10
1926† 126,279,000 19,563,000 18 7
1927 251,232,000 48,741,000 17 10
1928 237,750,000‡ 47,632,000 15 7
* Excluding shipments to Ireland.
† The majority of the coal mines were idle during a considerable period of the years 1912 1921 and 1926 owing to disputes.
‡ Provisional and subject to correction.