§ Mr. SHORTasked the Secretary for Mines (1) the total expenditure by the miners' welfare committee on pit-head baths;
(2) how many pit-head baths have been installed in South Yorkshire; and how many are in course of construction;
(3) how many pit-head baths have been installed and how many are in course of construction?
§ Captain CROOKSHANKApart from certain sums paid out of the Districts Fund for pit-head baths, the total amount1428W expended by the Central Welfare Committee on pit-head baths up to the end of 1935 was £2,655,952.
The following table shows the total number of baths completed, or for which money had been allocated, and the accommodation provided thereby, up to end of 1935:
Accommodation. Number. Men. Women. Great Britain— Baths completed 188 238,634 366 Baths under construction. 26 39,846 172 Baths planned and money allocated. 17 20,966 54 Total 231 299,446 592 The total estimated cost of this programme to the Central and Districts Miners' Welfare Funds is £3,700,553. In addition, 13 baths have been erected at the expense of colliery owners.
As regards South Yorkshire, the number of baths completed or under construction, and the accommodation provided, at the end of 1935 were:
Accommodation. Number. Men. Women. South Yorkshire— Baths completed* 24 40,860 — Baths under construction. 4 10,576 — Total 28 51,436 — * Including two baths accommodating 4,578 men which are in the Welfare District of South Yorkshire, although in the County of Nottingham.