HC Deb 25 January 1937 vol 319 c591W
Mr. David Adams

asked the Minister of Health which rural district councils in England and Wales have made arrangements with private builders under the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act,

Quantity of saleable coal raised and quantity and percentage proportion of coal cut by machinery in South Wales and Monmouthshire.
Year. Quantity of saleable coal raised. Quantity of coal cut by machinery. Percentage proportion of coal cut by machinery to total saleable coal raised.
Tons. Tons.
1924 … … … … 51,085,135 2,619,948 5
1925 … … … … 44,629,522 2,566,966 6
1927 … … … … 46,256,363 3,212,184 7
1928 … … … … 43,311,966 3,318,122 8
1929 … … … … 48,149,613 4,178,341 9
1930 … … … … 45,107,912 4,328,714 10
1931 … … … … 37,084,852 4,355,741 12
1932 … … … … 34,874,302 4,092,932 12
1933 … … … … 34,354,884 4,402,169 13
1934 … … … … 35,173,317 5,235,056 15
1935 … … … … 35,025,110 6,338,358 18
1936 … … … … 33,947,200* Not available.
NOTE.—Figures are not given for the year 1926 when there was a protracted dispute in the coal mining industry.
* Estimated.