Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Industry. – in the House of Commons am ar 24 Gorffennaf 1935.
Mr Gordon Macdonald
, Ince
asked the Secretary for Mines the number of coal mines being worked in Lancashire and Cheshire on 31st March, 1931, and 31st March, 1935, respectively, and the numbers employed at the said mines?
Mr John Colville
, Midlothian and Peeblesshire Northern
I have been asked to reply. At 31st March, 1931, the number of pits in Lancashire and Cheshire producing coal was 205, and the number of wage-earners on colliery books was 71,800. The corresponding figures for 31st March, 1935, were 178 and 60,800.
Mr Gordon Macdonald
, Ince
asked the Secretary for Mines the total wages paid in the mining industry in Lancashire and Cheshire in the quarter ended 31st March, 1931, and in the quarter ended 31st March, 1935, respectively?
Mr John Colville
, Midlothian and Peeblesshire Northern
During the quarters ended 31st March, 1931, and 1935, the estimated total amount paid in wages in the coal mining industry in Lancashire and Cheshire was £2,072,000 and £1,800,000, respectively.
Mr Gordon Macdonald
, Ince
asked the Secretary for Mines the total output of coal in Lancashire and Cheshire in the quarter ended 31st March, 1931, and in the quarter ended 31st March, 1935, respectively?
Mr John Colville
, Midlothian and Peeblesshire Northern
The output of saleable coal in Lancashire and Cheshire during the quarters ended 31st March, 1931 and 1935, was 3,944,000 tons and 3,797,000 tons, respectively.
