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89.
Mr. Gourlay
asked the Minister of Power if he will publish a table of figures giving the percentage rise or fall in the number of pits, the number of coal face workers, and the output production per man in Scotland, in each of the years from 1951.
Mr. R. Wood
Following are the figures:
| NATIONAL COAL BOARD, SCOTLAND | ||||
| (Indices, 1951 = 100) | ||||
| Year | Number of mines producing coal | Number of face-workers | Output per man-year of face-workers | |
| 1951 | … | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 |
| 1952 | … | 100·5 | 101·9 | 96·1 |
| 1953 | … | 100·0 | 103·7 | 93·2 |
| 1954 | … | 95·8 | 101·5 | 94·2 |
| 1955 | … | 93·7 | 100·5 | 92·9 |
| 1956 | … | 92·1 | 100·2 | 90·6 |
| 1957 | … | 92·1 | 101·9 | 88·4 |
| 1958 | … | 87·9 | 100·0 | 82·2 |
| 1959 | … | 83·2 | 93·2 | 85·3 |
| 1960 | … | 71·1 | 83·4 | 91·0 |
| 1961 | … | 66·3 | 78·8 | 93·9 |