HC Deb 06 April 1937 vol 322 cc44-5W
Mr. T. Smith

asked the Secretary for Mines whether he can state the total amount and percentage of output of coal cut by machinery during 1936 in each mining district?

Captain Crookshank

The information is as follows:

Quantity and percentage proportion of Coal cut by Machinery in each mining district of Great Britain during the year 1936.
District. Quantity of coal cut by machinery. Percentage proportion of coal cut by machinery to total saleable coal raised.
Tons.
Northumberland 12,679,373 88
Durham 12,379,616 39
Cumberland and Westmorland 767,743 65
Lancashire and Cheshire 8,447,861 58
Yorkshire, South 14,425,324 47
Yorkshire, West 5,636,152 48
Nottinghamshire 10,701,496 71
Derbyshire, North 9,453,641 76
Derbyshire, South 631,601 79
Staffordshire, North 6,417,988 91
Cannock Chase 2,937,165 54
Staffordshire, South, and Worcestershire 127,814 9
Leicestershire 1,886,934 70
Warwickshire 3,953,654 70
Shropshire 201,237 29
Forest of Dean 166,629 12
Somersetshire 53,253 7
Bristol 23,402 25
Kent 358,403 18
South Wales and Monmouthshire 7,151,019 21
North Wales 1,909,130 67
Fife, Clackmannan, Kinross and Sutherland 7,678,454 88
Lothians (Mid and East) and Peebles 2,894,342 60
Lanarkshire, West Lothian, Stirling, Renfrew and Dumbarton. 11,617,000 83
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Argyll 3,071,123 69
Great Britain 125,570,354 55