§ Mr. G. Hallasked the Secretary for Mines the number of colliery amalgamations which have taken place in this country during the past five years; the number of collieries involved, with the coal output, the number of men employed in the year before the amalgamation, and for the last quarter in each case?
§ Captain Crookshank,pursuant to his reply (OFFICIAL REPORT, 18th NOV., 1937; Col. 588; Vol. 329) supplied the following information:
I am precluded by the provisions of the Mining Industry Act, 1920, from 735W publishing the output of individual undertakings. The table below shows
Year of Amalgamation. Name of Amalgamated Undertaking. District. Number of Persons Employed. At date of Amalgamation. At December, 1936. 1932 … 1. Backworth Collieries, Ltd. Northumberland 2,900 2,900 2. Barrow, Barnsley Main Colliery Co. Ltd. South Yorks. 3,300 3,100 3. Hargreaves Collieries, Ltd. Lancashire 4,100 4,000 4. H. Stobart and Co., Ltd. Durham 2,000 2,800 1933 … 5. Bedlington and Associated Collieries, Ltd. Northumberland See No.11. 6. Bickershaw Collieries, Ltd. Lancashire 2,900 2,400 7. Shipley Collieries, Ltd. (Ilkeston Collieries, Ltd.). Derby and Notts. 4,600 4,200 8. Leicestershire Colliery and Pipe Co., Ltd. Leicester 1,600 1,000 9. Carlton Collieries Association North Wales 4,800 4,300 10. Wilsons and Clyde Coal Co., Ltd., and Coltness Iron Co. Ltd., acquired controlling interest in Darngavil Coal Co., Ltd. Lanark 400 (Drangavil undertaking only.) 700 (Drangavil undertaking only.) 1934 … 11. Bedlington Associated Collieries, Ltd. Northumberland 4,900 6,900 12. Bairds and Dalmellington, Ltd. Ayrshire See No.27. 13. Associated Lothian Coalowners, Ltd. Lothians (Mid and East) 11,000 14,600 14. Barnsley District Coking Co., Ltd. Cokinig Interests only. 15. Manchester Collieries, Ltd. Lancashire See No.22. 16. North Staffordshire Land and Minerals, Ltd. North Staffs 21,100 21,500 1935 … 17. Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries, Ltd. South Wales and Mon 37,600 33,600 18. Settle Speakman and Co. Ltd. North Staffs 2,200 2,200 19. Warwickshire Coal Co., Ltd. Warwick and South Staffs 2,500 2,900 20. Wilsons and Clyde Coal Co., Ltd. Fifeshire and Lanark 2,400 2,300 21. Bairds and Dalmellington, Ltd. Ayrshire See No.27 22. Manchester Collieries, Ltd. Lancashire 15,300 16,300 23. Yorkshire Amalgamated Collieries, Ltd. (Now known as Amalgamated Denaby Collieries. Ltd.) Yorkshire 11,200 11,200 24. somerset Collieries Ltd. Somerset 1,400 1,400 1936 … 25. Cannock Associated Collieries, Ltd. Cannock Chase 8,100 8,000 26. Nottingham and Clifton Colliery, Ltd. North Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 1,200 1,100 27. Bairds and Dalmellington, Ltd. Ayrshire 8,600 8,500 28. B. and A. Collieries, Ltd. Nottinghamshire 2,700 2,800 29. Broughton and Plas Power Coal Co., Ltd. North Wales 1,500 1,400 30. Bearpark Coal Co., Ltd. Durham 1,300 1,300 31. East Walbottle Coal Co. Ltd. Northumberland 300 300 The numbers shown are the totals of those employed at the collieries affected by each amalgamation.