§ Mr. Bateyasked the Secretary for Mines the number of miners employed in Great Britain, and also in the county of Durham, for the year 1934, and each succeeding year up to the latest available date in 1938?
§ Captain CrookshankThe information is as follows:
Average Number of Wage-earners employed at Coal Mines in Great Britain and Durham in the years 1934–38. Year. Total Average Number of Wage-earners employed in: Great Britain. Durham. 1934 772,831 106,198 1935 754,300 105,423 1936 751,720 106,901 1937 776,139 114,211 Actual number of Wage-earners employed on 5th November, 1938. 773,545 110,355