HC Deb 08 March 1929 vol 226 c726W
Captain BRASS

asked the Secretary for Mines the average number of miners employed in the pits of Great Britain during the years 1913, 1920, 1924, and 1928, respectively, with the total output of coal in each year?

Commander KING

The figures are as follow:

Year. Persons employed. Output of saleable coal.
Tons.
1913 1,104,400 287,348,000
1920 1,225,910 229,424,000
1924 1,213,700 267,118,000
1928 943,000 237,750,000
* Provisional and subject to correction.