HC Deb 12 February 1993 vol 218 cc833-4W
Mr. Raymond S. Robertson

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many people are directly or indirectly employed in the coal mining industry(a) in Scotland and (b) in the United Kingdom.

Mr. McLoughlin

I have been asked to reply.

The latest available estimates of employees in employment show that there were 63,000 employees in the coal extraction and manufacture of solid fuels industry in the United Kingdom in September 1992. More detailed estimates are available only from the census of employment. The latest results relate to September 1989 and are as follows:

Employees in employment
Coal extraction and manufacture of solid fuels Of which Deep coal mines
Scotland 3,400 2,400
United Kingdom 96,000 88,700

Note: Estimates for 1991 will be published in April 1993.

The Department has no figures for people indirectly employed in any industry.

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