HC Deb 08 June 1943 vol 390 cc538-40W
Mr. Rhys Davies

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the tonnage of coal produced for the quarter ended December, 1939, and each succeeding quarter up to the last available date, giving the number of men employed for each of those quarters?

Major Lloyd George

The output of saleable coal and the average number of wage-earners employed at mines under the Coal Mines Act in Great Britain are as follow:

— 1939. 1940. 1941. 1942. 1943.
Output. Average No. of Wage-earners. Output. Average No. of Wage-earners. Output. Average No. of Wage-earners. Output. Average No. of Wage-earners. Output. Average No. of Wage-earners.
Tons Tons Tons Tons Tons
January/March … … 55,977,600 760,437 50,249,600 695,433 50,929,300 706,722 50,772,100 (provisional) 711,726
April/June … … 61,974,500 764,307 51,064,600 690,404 49,870,900 707,510
July/September … … 55,168,100 755,257 51,616,300 697,382 49,939,700 710,538
October/December … … 59,320,700 758,110 51,179,000 716,659 53,413,800 707,313 52,893,500 711,353
Year … … 231,337,900 766,322 224,298,800 749,165 206,344,300 697,633 203,633,400 709,031