§ Lord Dormand of Easingtonasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many jobs in coal mining have been lost as a result of pit closures, and how many created by British Coal Enterprise, in each of the five years from 1987–91.
82WA
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Baroness Denton of Wakefield)The numbers of men employed at British Coal collieries which closed in the five years 1987–88 to 1991–92 were as follows:
Year Employed at closure 1987–88 8,400 1988–89 3,400 1989–90 6,100 1990–91 4,000 1991–92 8,000 In the same years British Coal Enterprise helped to create the following numbers of job opportunities:
Year Job opportunities created 1987–88 14,525 1988–89 14,593 1989–90 14,784 1990–91 9,268 1991–92 7,207