§ Commander Galbraithasked the Minister of Fuel and Power what percentage of shifts was lost by persons at the coalface and by all persons employed in the coalmining industry, respectively, during the years 1940, 1941, 1942 and 1943; and what percentages were lost voluntarily or involuntarily, respectively, in any of these periods for which separate figures are available?
Major Lloyd GeorgeThe following is the answer:
table giving the information. I would point out, however, that it would be misleading to compare the shifts worked per wage-earner per week for the period January-September with those for a year because of the higher proportion of holidays taken during the first nine months of the year. There were more holidays taken in January-September, 1943, than in the same period of previous years.
55WFollowing is the table:
Average number of Shifts worked per Wage-Earner per week in the Coal Mining Industry. 1940. 1941. 1942. Jan-Sept. 1943. (provisional) Scotland … … … … 5.99 5.92 5.88 5.55 Northumberland … … … … 5.19 5.14 5.23 5.12 Durham … … … … 4.95 5.39 5.39 5.21 S. Wales and Mon. … … … … 5.22 5.30 5.24 5.03 Yorkshire … … … … 5.06 5.16 5.16 4.97 N. Derbyshire … … … … 5.32 5.42 5.41 5.15 Nottinghamshire … … … … 4.97 5.18 5.18 4.96 S. Derbyshire … … … … 5.49 5.62 5.62 5.61 Leicestershire … … … … 5.61 5.61 5.54 5.34 Cannock Chase … … … … 5.37 5.29 5.28 5.13 Warwickshire … … … … 5.14 5.09 5.04 4.90 Lanes, and Cheshire … … … … 5.41 5.48 5.43 5.16 N. Staffordshire … … … … 5.26 5.21 5.07 4.87 Cumberland … … … … 5.60 5.52 5.21 5.30 North Wales … … … … 5.68 5.65 5.57 5.14 S. Staffordshire … … … … 5 89 5.83 5.71 5.14 Shropshire … … … … 5.59 5.42 5.24 5.02 Bristol … … … … 5.77 5.58 5.48 5.33 Forest of Dean … … … … 5.51 5.45 5.39 5.02 Somerset … … … … 5.58 5.46 5.43 5.32 Kent … … … … 5.22 5.12 4.86 4.79 GREAT BRITAIN … … … … 5.27 5.37 5.33 5.13