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asked the Secretary for Mines what number of pits were closed down in each coalfield area in the years 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, and 1929, respectively; and the number of men displaced on the stoppage of pits in each year?
I regret that information in the form asked for by my hon. Friend is not available, but I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT annual figures of the number of mines at work and of the number of persons employed during the periods mentioned.
The figures are as follow:
| (a) Number of Coal Mines at work, and (b) Number of persons employed (including clerks and salaried persons) in the years 1922 to 1925 and 1927 to 1929 inclusive. | |||||||
| District. | 1922. | 1923. | 1924. | 1925. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. |
| (a) Number of Mines at work. | |||||||
| Northumberland | 124 | 122 | 124 | 115 | 123 | 105 | 103 |
| Durham | 262 | 288 | 293 | 263 | 277 | 265 | 263 |
| Yorkshire | 307 | 303 | 295 | 282 | 295 | 255 | 240 |
| Lancashire, Cheshire and North Wales. | 304 | 287 | 278 | 267 | 271 | 245 | 235 |
| Derby, Nottingham and Leicester. | 206 | 192 | 189 | 185 | 203 | 175 | 173 |
| Stafford, Salop, Worcester and Warwick. | 327 | 307 | 298 | 293 | 333 | 288 | 246 |
| South Wales and Monmouth. | 640 | 656 | 652 | 607 | 638 | 550 | 506 |
| Other English Districts | 124 | 124 | 120 | 115 | 117 | 109 | 106 |
| Scotland | 468 | 468 | 469 | 459 | 462 | 406 | 401 |
| Great Britain | 2,762 | 2,747 | 2,718 | 2,586 | 2,719 | 2,398 | 2,273 |
| (b) Number of Persons employed. | |||||||
| Northumberland | 61,138 | 64,021 | 64,977 | 53,545 | 50,581 | 46,922 | 49,400 |
| Durham | 161,652 | 174,192 | 174,756 | 143,000 | 130,725 | 130,155 | 138,800 |
| Yorkshire | 178,343 | 187,421 | 195,326 | 191,956 | 188,738 | 176,189 | 174,000 |
| Lancashire, Cheshire and North Wales. | 122,557 | 124,632 | 124,675 | 116,689 | 106,128 | 96,124 | 94,100 |
| Derby, Nottingham and Leicester. | 128,746 | 134,598 | 138,035 | 134,438 | 131,289 | 120,925 | 120,800 |
| Stafford, Salop, Worcester and Warwick. | 91,304 | 93,252 | 95,029 | 91,753 | 86,952 | 78,676 | 75,800 |
| South Wales and Monmouth. | 243,015 | 252,617 | 250,065 | 217,089 | 194,100 | 168,269 | 178,200 |
| Other English Districts | 27,678 | 29,290 | 29,056 | 27,278 | 26,366 | 25,270 | 24,000 |
| Scotland | 134,036 | 143,267 | 141,805 | 125,974 | 109,008 | 96,458 | 99,800 |
| Great Britain | 1,148,469 | 1,203,290 | 1,213,724 | 1,102,442 | 1,023,886 | 938,988 | 954,900 |
Notes.—(1) Figures for 1921 and 1926 are omitted as those years were affected by protracted disputes.
(2) The figures for 1929 are provisional.
(3) Other English Districts include Cumberland, Westmorland, Gloucester, Somerset and Kent.