§ Mr. Daggarasked the Secretary for Mines whether he will state the quantity and percentage proportion of coal cut by machinery in each mining district of Great Britain during the year 1937?
§ Captain CrookshankThe information is as follows:
240,409,436 tons; the output of coal per person employed below-ground was 390 tons, and per person employed above and below-ground 304 tons. The corresponding figures for South Wales and Monmouth were 37,773,013 tons, 334 tons and 278 tons, respectively.
§ Mr. Daggarasked the Secretary for Mines whether he will state the total wage and salary bill and the earnings per person employed in the coal-mining industry in Great Britain and South Wales 1345W and Monmouthshire, respectively, during the year 1937?
§ Captain CrookshankThe estimated total wages bill in the coal-mining industry in Great Britain during the year 1937 was £114,105,000 and the earnings per wage-earner employed, £149 10s, 1d. (including the value of allowances in kind): corresponding figures for South Wales and Monmouth were £19,597,000 and £145 16s. 10d.