HC Deb 27 April 1984 vol 58 cc621-2W
Mr. Mark Robinson

asked the Secretary of State for Energy how many coal mines have been closed in Wales in each year since 1954.

Mr. Giles Shaw

I understand from the National Coal Board that the numbers of NCB mines closed in Wales in each year since 1954 are as follows:

Number
1954 3
1955 5
1956 5
1957 4
1958 5
1959 12
1960 6
1961 5
1962 9
1963–64* 6
1964–65 10
1965–66 10
1966–67 8
1967–68 8
1968–69 8

Number
1969–70 3
1970–71 1
1971–72 0
1972–73 0
1973–74 2
1974–75 1
1975–76 2
1976–77 1
1977–78 2
1978–79 1
1979–80 1
1980–81 2
1981–82 1
1982–83 0
1983–84 5
* 15 months. From 1964 the periods shown are NCB financial years.