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Mr. Fernyhough
asked the Minister of Labour the average weekly wage of miners in each of the years 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947 and 1948, and the average weekly wage for the quarterly periods since the mines were nationalised.
Mr. Gaitskell
I have been asked to reply. The average weekly earnings of
| AVERAGE WEEKLY CASH EARNINGS AND VALUE OF ALLOWANCES IN KIND OF MINERS (ALL AGES) IN GREAT BRITAIN, 1938–1948 | ||||||||||||
| Year or quarter | Cash earnings | Value of allowance in kind | Total | |||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| 1938 | … | … | … | 2 | 15 | 9 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 |
| 1939 | … | … | … | 2 | 19 | 6 | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 1940 | … | … | … | 3 | 8 | 8 | - | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 2 |
| 1941 | … | … | … | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 1942 | … | … | … | 4 | 13 | 2 | - | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 2 |
| 1943 | … | … | … | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 1944 | … | … | … | 5 | 9 | 4 | - | 3 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0 |
| 1945 | … | … | … | 5 | 12 | 8 | - | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 11 |
| 1946 | … | … | … | 5 | 18 | 7 | - | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 1947 | … | … | … | 6 | 13 | 0 | - | 5 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 9 |
| 1948* | … | … | … | 7 | 17 | 0 | - | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| 1947–1st quarter | … | … | … | 6 | 7 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 |
| 2nd quarter | … | … | … | 6 | 9 | 6 | - | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 11 |
| 3rd quarter | … | … | … | 6 | 5 | 10 | - | 5 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 11 |
| 4th quarter | … | … | … | 7 | 9 | 4 | - | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 9 |
| 1948–1st quarter | … | … | … | 7 | 14 | 1 | - | 7 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| 2nd quarter | … | … | … | 7 | 18 | 7 | - | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| 3rd quarter | … | … | … | 7 | 10 | 7 | - | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 9 |
| 4th* quarter | … | … | … | 8 | 4 | 11 | - | 7 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 2 |
| * Provisional | ||||||||||||