HC Deb 20 December 1937 vol 330 c1622W
Mr. Grenfell

asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will state the wages cost per ton of output in the mining industry for each of the years 1937, 1936, 1935, and 1934, with the average rate of wages per shift in the same period?

Captain Crookshank

The information is as follows:

Great Britain.
Year. Wages cost per ton disposable commercially. Cash Earnings per Man-shift worked. Value of Allowances in kind per Man-shift worked.
s. d. s. d. s. d.
1934 … 8 7¼ 9 l¾ 0 4½
1935 … 8 6½ 9 3¼ 0 4½
1936 … 9 2 10 0¼ 0 4¾
1937 … 9 9 10 7¼ 0 4¾
(Jan.-Sept.)