WAGE-EARNERS.

HC Deb 27 April 1934 vol 288 cc2017-8W

Mr. G. MACDONALD

asked the Secretary for Mines, the total number of persons employed in the coal-mining industry in Great Britain in December, 1921, and the total number employed on the last date for which figures are available,

—	Great Britain.	Lancashire and Cheshire.
1921.	1933.	1921.	1933.
Coal cut by machinery:
(i) Quantity (thousand tons)	23,040	87,826	1,806	5,225
(ii) Percentage proportion of total output.	14	42	14	40
Coal conveyed by machinery:
(i) Quantity (thousand tons)	Not available.	62,156	Not available.	4,458
(ii) Percentage proportion of total output.	30	34

giving separate figures for Lancashire and Cheshire?

Mr. E. BROWN

At 31st December, 1921, the total number of wage-earners on colliery books in Great Britain was 1,061,200, and at 14th April, 1934, 786,100. The corresponding figures for Lancashire and Cheshire were 103,300 and 62,700, respectively.