HC Deb 12 March 1984 vol 56 c70W
Mr. Barry Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many miners are employed in (a) the south Wales coalfield and (b) the north Wales coalfield.

Mr. Nicholas Edwards

Detailed figures for National Coal board employees as at 29 February 1984, are 20,286 industrial workers on colliery books in the south Wales coalfield and 1,178 in the north Wales coalfield.