§ Captain Pluggeasked the Minister of Fuel and Power the average earnings per shift, all wage-earners, in the coalmining industry for each quarter in the years 1941, 1942 and 1943, and the percentage of shifts lost, all wage-earners, in the last two quarters of the year 1943.
Major Lloyd GeorgeThe information is as follows:
Average earnings per manshift worked (exclusive of value of allowances in kind). 1943. 1942. 1941 s. d. s. d. s. d. March quarter 18 10½ 15 8 14 0¾ June quarter 18 11¾ 16 8½ 14 5 Sept. quarter 19 2 18 6¾ 15 5½ Dec. quarter 19 4¾ 18 9¾ 15 7½
Percentage of shifts lost (all wage earners). Sept. quarter 1943 … 12.2 per cent. Dec. quarter 1943 … 13.4 per cent.
§ Mr. Ness Edwardsasked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will state for each half-year from 1943 to the latest convenient date the number of men employed in the mining industry, the output for each half-year, the output per person, the pithead prices, and the rate of absenteeism.
Major Lloyd GeorgeThe information is as follows:
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— Average No. of Wage-earners on Colliery books. Estimated Saleable Output. Output per wage-earner. Proceeds per ton disposable commercially. Absenteeism (All Workers). Tons. Tons. s. d. Per cent. Jan.-June, 1943 … 710,300 99,151,000 139.6 28 11½ 12.0 July-Dec, 1943 … 702,700 96,337,000 137.1 28 11¼ 12.8