HC Deb 17 March 1944 vol 398 cc530-1W
Sir A. Baillie

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether, taking the figures for 1939 and 1943, he can state the increases or decreases in the wages cost per ton, selling price per ton, profit per ton and wages per man-shift in the Kent coalfields.

KENT COALFIELD.
— Wages. Proceeds. Credit Balance. Wages per manshift worked (excluding the value of allowances in kind).
Per ton disposable commercially.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Year 1939 12 8.65 20 9.54 2 0.57 12 9.57
Year 1943 (provisional) 22 8.36 33 11.63 2 5.50 20 8.02
Increase in 1943 as compared with 1939. 9 11.71 13 2.09 0 4.93 7 10.45
Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent.
Percentage increase 78.42 63.35 20.07 61.50