§ Mr. BATEYasked the Secretary for Mines the number of miners employed in the county of Durham during July, 1920, 1924 and 1930, and the average wage per shift for the same periods?
§ Mr. SHINWELLIn July, 1920, there were 171,000 wage-earners employed at coal mines in Durham and their average earnings per shift were 16s. 7½d.; in July, 1924, the figures were 172,600 and 10s. ld.; at the present time they are 128,400 and about 8s 1d. The earnings do not include the value of allowances in kind, no w estimated at 1s. 1d. per shift.