§ Colonel Clarkeasked the Minister of Fuel and Power the average age of coal-miners both overall and at the face for each year from the date when information was first available to the present.
§ Mr. GaitskellInformation about the average age of face workers on colliery books is not available, but the estimated average age of all wage-earners on colliery books has changed as follows between 1931 and 1946:
Year Average age in years 1931 … … … … 35.7 1937 … … … … 36.3 1942 … … … … 38.9 1943 … … … … 39.1 1944 … … … … 38.9 1945 … … … … 38.7 I946 … … … … 39.1