HC Deb 04 February 1952 vol 495 cc67-8W
4. Mr. W.T. Paling

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the number of foreign workers drafted into the mining industry since 1945; and the number that has remained in the industry.

NUMBER OF MINES* AT WHICH HORSES AND PONIES WERE EMPLOYED UNDERGROUND AT 30TH JUNE, 1951
Number of mines employing
No horses 1 to 10 horses 11 to 50 horses 51 to 100 horses 101 horses and over
Scottish 325 20 1
Northern 49 13 27 14 3
Durham 61 20 63 22 16
North Eastern 101 24 46 11 4
North Western 138 1 1
East Midlands 46 39 51
West Midlands 118 30 17 1
South Western 142 131 90 4 2
South Eastern 4
Great Britain 984 278 296 52 25
* The figures refer to all mines as defined in the Coal Mines Act, 1911.

Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd

Since the autumn of 1947, 18,700 foreign workers have been placed at collieries, as the result of organised schemes. Of these, 11,300 were still at work in the industry at the end of 1951.