HC Deb 01 July 1974 vol 876 c18W
Mr. Trotter

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what is the relationship between average gross weekly earnings of surface and face workers, respectively, at National Coal Board collieries and the average of all industrial wages (a) at present and (b) for each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Eadie

Following are the figures requested:

were in 1960, 1965, 1970 in (a) Wales and (b) the United Kingdom.

Mr. Eadie

Numbers of men killed and injured per 100,000 manshifts in National Coal Board mines were as follows: