HC Deb 16 March 1931 vol 249 c1689W
Mr. COVE

asked the Secretary for Mines the number or boys, aged from 14 to 16, employed in British coal mines; and the number of fatal and non-fatal accidents, respectively, occurring in the age group in 1930?

Mr. SHINWELL

At 13th December, 1930, the number of boys under 16 years of age employed in Great Britain in and about mines under the Coal Mines Act, 1911, was approximately 36,900, and the number of such boys killed during 1930 was 30. I regret that particulars of the number of boys injured are not yet available.