HC Deb 19 May 1931 vol 252 cc1794-5W
Mr. CHATER

asked the Secretary for Mines the total volume and value of the output of British coalmines for each of the past 10 years?

Mr. SHINWELL

The information is as follows:

Output and Net Selling Value of Coal raised at Mines under the Coal Mines Act in Great Britain during the years 1921 to 1930.
Year. Total Quantity of saleable coal raised. Total Net Selling Value at Mines.
Tons. £
1921* … 163,127,968 213,594,035
1922 … 249,584,085 219,983,260
1923 … 275,965,702 259,716,788
1924 … 267,061,027 251,643,657
1925 … 243,146,880 198,964,277
1926* … 126,230,165 123,355,309
1927 … 251,197,384 183,525,961
1928 … 237,450,878 152,506,977
1929 … 257,887,551 173,225,029
1930 … 243,862,100 165,724,428
* In these years work at coal mines was reduced by protracted disputes.