HC Deb 19 February 1908 vol 184 c811
MR. RAMSAY MACDONALD (Leicester)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he car state the number of factories and workshop that were not visited by factory inspectors during 1907; and what number have not been visited since 1905.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. GLADSTONE, Leeds, W.)

During 1907, 28,286 factories and 55,952 workshops were un-visited by factory inspectors, and about 6,500 and 21,000 respectively were un-visited by the district staff either in 1906 or 1907.