RENTS, ROYALTIES AND WAYLEAVES.

HC Deb 16 June 1931 vol 253 c1627W

Miss LEE

asked the Secretary for Mines the sums paid by British coal mines in rents, royalties and wayleaves for each year since 1920?

Mr. SHINWELL

The information, so far as it is available, is as follows:

Year.	Rents, Royalties and Wayleaves.*
				£
1920	…	…	…	6,606,000
1921	…	…	…	5,297,000
1922	…	…	…	6,521,000
1923	…	…	…	6,643,000
1924	…	…	…	6,430,000
1925	…	…	…	5,250,000
1926	…	…	…	Not available.
1927	…	…	…	6,049,000
1928	…	…	…	5,528,000
1929	…	…	…	5,899,000
1930	…	…	…	5,551,000
* Including the rental value of freehold minerals where worked by the proprietors.