Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Industry. – in the House of Commons on 21st May 1935.
Mr William Lunn
, Rothwell
asked the Secretary for Mines whether he can give the average daily output of coal per man working at the coal face in Yorkshire in the years 1913 and 1934?
Mr Edward Burgin
, Luton
During the year 1934, the average output per manshift worked at the coal face in Yorkshire was 67.62 cwt. Similar information for a prewar period is not available but in June, 1914, the average output per manshift worked by all persons employed below-ground was 31.24 cwt. while the corresponding figure for the year 1934 was 33.73 cwt.
Mr Cecil Pike
, Sheffield, Attercliffe
Can the Parliamentary Secretary say to what extent South Yorkshire is carrying West Yorkshire on its back in this matter?
Mr William Lunn
, Rothwell
asked the Secretary for Mines the total quantity and percentage of coal cut by machinery in Yorkshire in 1913 and for each year from 1920 to 1934, inclusive?
Mr Edward Burgin
, Luton
As the reply involves a statistical table I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
following is the table:
| Year. | Coal cut by machinery. | |||
| Quantity. | Percentage of Total Output. | |||
| Tons. | Per cent. | |||
| 1913 | … | … | 4,492,822 | 10.3 |
| 1920 | … | … | 4,120,338 | 11.4 |
| 1921* | … | … | 3,506,753 | 12.3 |
| 1922 | … | … | 5,277,341 | 12.5 |
| 1923 | … | … | 6,667,138 | 14.3 |
| 1924 | … | … | 7,305,145 | 15.7 |
| 1925 | … | … | 7,068,631 | 15.6 |
| 1926* | … | … | 3,682,805 | 17.0 |
| 1927 | … | … | 7,716,671 | 16.8 |
| 1928 | … | … | 7,596,260 | 17.5 |
| 1929 | … | … | 8,371,718 | 18.0 |
| 1930 | … | … | 9,114,948 | 20.5 |
| 1931 | … | … | 9,717,541 | 23.9 |
| 1932 | … | … | 10,066,411 | 26.4 |
| 1933 | … | … | 11,236,521 | 30.2 |
| 1934 | … | … | 15,041,860 | 37.7 |
| * In these years work at coal mines was reduced by protracted disputes. |
