HC Deb 28 March 1944 vol 398 cc1258-9W
Captain Plugge

asked 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 George

The 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
June quarter 18 11¾ 16 14 5
Sept. quarter 19 2 18 15
Dec. quarter 19 18 15

Percentage of shifts lost (all wage earners).
Sept. quarter 1943 12.2 per cent.
Dec. quarter 1943 13.4 per cent.

Mr. Ness Edwards

asked 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 George

The information is as follows:

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

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