HC Deb 15 April 1937 vol 322 c1200W
Mr. T. Williams

asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will state the percentage addition to base rates paid to Nottingham miners for September, 1936, and each succeeding month, and the profits per ton for the same months received by the coalowners?

Captain Crookshank

The information is as follows:

Nottinghamshire.
— Credit balances per ton of coal disposable commercially. Percentage of basis wage rates.*
1936. s. d. Per cent.
September … 2 3½ 142.10
October … 2 4½ 143.16
November … 2 5½ 149.62
December … 3 3 153.91
1937.
January … 3 6½ 159.22
February … 2 10½ 168.98
March Not available 181.53
* The percentage of basis rates in any month is based on the trading results of two months earlier.