§ Mr. Daggarasked the Secretary for Mines whether he will state the number of mineworkers killed and injured in the mining industry in South Wales and Monmouthshire for the years 1933, 1934, 1935, and 1936, respectively?
§ Captain CrookshankThe information is as follows:
Number of Persons killed and injured at Mines under the Coal Mines Act, 1911, in South Wales and Monmouthshire during the years 1933 to 1936. Year Number of Persons. Killed. Injured.* 1933 … 176 24,087 1934 … 163 25,963 1935 … 161 25,974 1936 … 148 Not yet available. * Disabled for more than three days.
§ Mr. Daggarasked the Secretary for Mines whether he will state the total wages paid in the mining industry in South Wales and Monmouthshire; and the total number of persons employed for the years 1934, 1935, and 1936, respectively?
§ Captain CrookshankThe information is as follows:
of applicants for work on the registers of the Employment Exchanges comprised in or affiliated to the United States Employment Service was 6,115,443 at the end of February, 1937. This figure includes a large number of persons provided with employment on public relief work schemes.
According to estimates made by the American Federation of Labour, there were 10,041,000 persons unemployed in January, 1937. According to estimates made by the National Industrial Confer- 1019W ence Board, an employers' organisation with headquarters at New York, the total number of unemployed in the United States in December, 1936, was 8,399,000. Both these estimates include persons engaged on emergency relief work schemes (approximately 3,500,000).
In France, the number of persons registered at the Employment Exchanges at the end of March, 1937, was 415,179. It is understood that these figures are not representative of the total volume of unemployment in France, for which comprehensive statistics are not available.
In Germany, the number of persons registered at the Employment Exchanges as unemployed was 1,610,947 at 28th February, 1937.
In Italy, official statistics of unemployment have not been published since September, 1935, at which date the number of unemployed was 609,094. The index number of employment compiled by the Fascist Confederation of Industrial Employers was 100.99 in September, 1935, and 95.2 in December, 1936—average employment in 1929 being taken as equal to no.
In Austria, the number of persons in receipt of unemployment benefit was 309,178 at the end of February, 1937; and the number of persons registered at the Employment Exchanges as seeking work was 407,475 at the end of January, 1937, the latest date for which statistics are available.
In Hungary, the number of persons registered at the Employment Exchanges was 54,407 at the end of January, 1937.
Insured Persons aged 14–64. — Estimated numbers insured—July, 1936. Numbers recorded as unemployed. 23rd March, 1936. 15th March, 1937. Clay, sand, gravel and chalk pits … 17,870 1,946 1,590 Lead, tin and copper mining … 4,270 1,043 714