§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give coal industry productivity figures, showing the overall output per manshift and the output per manshift on the coal face for each month since April 1985.
§ Mr. David HuntNCB average overall revenue and production output per manshift in each month since April 1985 was as follows:
Overall revenue tonnes Production tonnes 4 weeks ending 27 April 1985 2.11 9.64 5 weeks ending 1 June 1985 2.37 10.87 4 weeks ending 29 June 1985 2.56 11.29 5 weeks ending 3 August 1985 2.47 11.39 4 weeks ending 31 August 1985 2.55 11.15 4 weeks ending 28 September 1985 2.76 11.75 5 weeks ending 2 November 1985 2.85 12.32 4 weeks ending 30 November 1985 2.92 12.91 4 weeks ending 28 December 1985* 2.65 12.26 5 weeks ending 1 February 1986* 2.83 12.61 4 weeks ending 1 March 1986 3.06 13.35 * Affected by Christmas and New Year holidays.