§ Mr. Bateyasked the Secretary for Mines the average weekly earnings in each, district, separately, in the coal mines of Great Britain for the years 1936 and 1919?
§ Captain CrookshankThe information is as follows: 603W
Average Estimated Weekly Earnings per Person employed District. 1919*. 1936. Cash earnings excluding the value of allowances in kind. Cash earnings excluding the value of allowances in kind. Estimated value of allowances in kind. £ s. d. £ s d. s d. Scotland 4 2 7 2 16 4 0 2 Northumberland 3 10 11 2 6 4 5 2 Durham 3 9 9 2 4 8 5 9 South Wales and Monmouth 4 4 1 2 6 4 1 1 Yorkshire 3 6 2 2 11 6 1 4 North Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 3 10 2 2 9 4 1 5 South Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Cannock Chase and Warwickshire. 3 8 10 2 12 6 1 8 Lancashire, Cheshire and North Staffordshire 3 7 6 2 12 6 0 2 Other Districts 3 9 8 2 12 5 1 2 Great Britain 3 13 8 2 9 10 1 11 * Information regarding the value of allowances in kind is not available for 1919.