HC Deb 22 July 1969 vol 787 c318W
Mr. Edwin Wainwright

asked the Minister of Power if he will give the figures of recruitment and voluntary wastage for the coal mining industry in the first six months of 1969 compared with the corresponding period of 1967 and 1968.

Mr. Mason

Recruitment in the first six months of 1969 was 12,060. The corresponding figures for 1968 and 1967 were 5,700 and 14,900, voluntary wastage in these three periods was 12,080, 14,600 and 13,400.