HC Deb 10 June 1986 vol 99 c131W
Mr. Dewar

asked the Secretary of State for Energy how many staff were employed by the National Coal Board in Scotland in each year since 1979.

Mr. David Hunt

The number of wage earners on colliery books in the Scottish area of British Coal at the end of March in each year since 1979 was as follows:

Number
1979 21,018
1980 21,047
1981 19,766
1982 17,402
1983 16,479
1984 13,078
1985 11,263
1986 7,708