§ 29. Mr. Tim Smithasked the Secretary of State for Energy what was the output per manshift in the coal industry in the
COAL PRODUCTION (a) thousand tons Week ended 5.11.77 … … … 2,488 Week ended 12.11.77 … … … 2,509 Week ended 19.11.77 … … … 2,531 Week ended 26.11.77 … … … 2,517 Week ended 3.12.77 … … … 2,574 Week ended 10.12.77 … … … 2,613 Week ended 17.12.77 … … … 2,655 Week ended 24.12.77 … … … 2,198 Week ended 31.12.77 … … … 152 Week ended 7.1.78 … … … 1,838 Week ended 14.1.78 … … … 2,623 Week ended 14.1.78 … … … 2,623 Week ended 28.1.78 … … … 2,597
million tons 1974 1975 1976 1977 First quarter … … … 16.3 34.2 32.3 30.8 Second quarter … … 30.9 31.8 30.8 30.4 Third quarter … … … 28.0 26.6 25.8 25.9 Fourth quarter … … 33.5 34.0 32.9 33.1 Total … … … 108.7 126.6 121.8 120.2 (a) Quarterly figures include estimates of slurry recovered and disposed of, other than by the National Coal Board, from dumps, ponds, rivers, etc. For 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977, the amounts included in the annual totals are 1.2, 0.9, 1.6 and 1.5 million tons respectively. Weekly estimates are not available, and thus the weekly figures exclude such recovered coal.