HC Deb 16 February 1937 vol 320 cc1018-9W
Mr. Cassells

asked the Secretary for Mines the number of employ és, year by year, in collieries in Great Britain for the following years, 1929 to 1936, inclusive?

Captain Crookshank

Following is the statement:—

Average Number of Persons employed in and about Coal Mines in Great Britain.
Year. Wage-earners. Clerks and Salaried Persons.
1929 … … 939,367 17,307
1930 … … 914,328 17,048
1931 … … 851,623 16,241
1932 … … 803,615 15,709
1933 … … 773,640 15,451
1934 … … 772,831 15,379
1935 … … 754,300 15,174
1936 … … 756,000 (Provisional). Not yet available.

District. Per ton disposable commercially.
Wages Cost. Costs other than Wages. Proceeds.
s. d. s. d. s. d.
Northumberland 7 6¾ 4 7 12 8
Durham 8 3 4 11 13 3
Yorkshire 9 1½ 3 11¾ 14 2¾
North Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 8 7¼ 3 9¾ 14 4½
*South Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Cannock Chase and Warwickshire. 10 2 4 1 16 2
Lancashire, Cheshire and North Staffordshire 10 11¾ 5 1 17 3½
†South Wales and Monmouthshire 10 1½ 5 8¾ 15 6¼
*Cumberland, North Wales, South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Bristol, Forest of Dean, Somerset and Kent. 10 5 4 7 15 8
Scotland 8 4¾ 3 11¼ 13 8¾
*Great Britain 9 2 4 6 14 8
* Provisional figures. † Nine months ended 31st October, 1936.

I regret that district figures are not available for the year 1913, but in that year wages costs in Great Britain amounted to 6s. 10 ½d. per ton, costs other than wages to 2s. 5 ½d. per ton and proceeds to 11s. 0d. per ton.