Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Industry. – in the House of Commons on 1st March 1934.
| Coal Mines Act, 1911. | |||||||
| Inspection Divisions. (1) | Number of Mines at work. (2) | Total number of underground inspections at mines under (2). (3) | Number of Inspectors who made inspections under (3). (4) | ||||
| 1932. | 1933. | 1932. | 1933. | ||||
| (Provisional) | |||||||
| Scotland | … | … | 377 | 367 | 2,161 | 1,833 | 12 |
| Northern | … | … | 383 | 374 | 2,918 | 2,974 | 14 |
| Yorkshire | … | … | 241 | 238 | 2,485 | 2,319 | 14 |
| North Midland | … | … | 186 | 183 | 1,858 | 1,893 | 9 |
| North Western | … | … | 297 | 285 | 2,447 | 2,271 | 12 |
| Cardiff and Forest of Dean | … | … | 298 | 288 | 2,605 | 2,533 | 14 |
| Swansea | … | … | 195 | 201 | 1,795 | 1,758 | 8 |
| Midland and Southern | … | … | 181 | 187 | 1,703 | 1,779 | 7 |
| Great Britain | … | … | 2,158 | 2,123 | 17,972 | 17,360 | 90* |
| * This figure includes 29 Junior Inspectors and 28 Sub-Inspectors. Nine of the Inspectors make inspections in more than one division. |
