§ Mr. TINKERasked the Secretary for Mines the total wages paid in the mining industry for the 12 months ended 31st December, 1934, with separate figures for each county or district?
Captain CROOKSHANKThe information is as follows:
District. Estimated Total Wages Bill in the Coal Mining Industry during the year 1934.* £ Scotland 10,891,000 Northumberland 4,540,000 Durham 11,124,000 South Wales and Monmouthshire. 16,005,000 Yorkshire 15,734,000 North Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. 9,775,000 South Derby, Leicester, Cannock Chase and Warwick. 5,745,000 Lancashire, Cheshire and North Staffordshire. 9,394,000 Cumberland, North Wales, South Staffordshire, Salop, Bristol, Forest of Dean, Somerset and Kent. 4,789,000 Total £87,997,000 * Excluding the value of allowances in kind.