HC Deb 22 August 1945 vol 413 cc653-4W
Squadron-Leader Donner

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power, if he will give the latest available figures of output per head in the coal industry; the last available figures before the existing system of Government control was instituted in 1942; and, separately, the average output per head in 1938.

Mr. Shinwell

Output per head for the second quarter of 1945 was 61.1 tons. The figure for the second quarter of 1942 was 70.5 tons. Corresponding figures for the years 1938 to 1944 are in table 3 of the 1944 Statistical Digest (Cmd. 6639).