§ 72. Sir G. FOXasked the Minister of Labour what has been the total number of industrial accidents per thousand of the population in Great Britain during each of the last two years other than accidents on the roads; and whether, in view of the large numbers of those so killed, he will consider the desirability of issuing a weekly return of such accidents in the same way as the figures for road accidents are made available by the Ministry of Transport
Mr. STANLEYIn those employments in which there is statutory obligation to report accidents, the total number of persons whose death were reported as the result of accidents occurring in 1933 and 1934 were 2,180 and 2,589, respectively. These totals are equivalent to rates of approximately 0.05 and 0.06, respectively, per 1,000 of the population of Great Britain. The figures cover persons employed in factories and workshops and on other premises, e.g., docks, wharves, and buildings, which are subject to the Factory and Workshop Acts, at mines 1154 and quarries, on railways, and on trading and fishing vessels registered in this country. As regards the second part of the question, a statistical table is regularly published in the monthly issues of the Ministry of Labour Gazette.
§ Mr. MABANEHave not the figures shown that there is a progressive and substantial reduction over the last decade?