§ 89. Mr. Gourlayasked the Minister of Power if he will publish a table of figures 122W giving the percentage rise or fall in the number of pits, the number of coal face workers, and the output production per man in Scotland, in each of the years from 1951.
§ Mr. R. WoodFollowing are the figures:
NATIONAL COAL BOARD, SCOTLAND (Indices, 1951 = 100) Year Number of mines producing coal Number of face-workers Output per man-year of face-workers 1951 … 100.0 100.0 100.0 1952 … 100.5 101.9 96.1 1953 … 100.0 103.7 93.2 1954 … 95.8 101.5 94.2 1955 … 93.7 100.5 92.9 1956 … 92.1 100.2 90.6 1957 … 92.1 101.9 88.4 1958 … 87.9 100.0 82.2 1959 … 83.2 93.2 85.3 1960 … 71.1 83.4 91.0 1961 … 66.3 78.8 93.9 NOTE: The figures for earlier years have been adjusted to the latest definitions.