§ 27. Mr. SHORTasked the Home Secretary the number of factory inspectors whose duties are confined to the inspection of electrical apparatus and plant in factories, the extent of the area covered by each inspector, the number of clerical workers attached to each, and how many of such are part-time workers?
§ Mr. LLOYDThere are nine electrical inspectors of factories under a senior electrical inspector. Their duties are to inspect the more important installations, to assist the district staff in the enforcement of the Electricity Regulations elsewhere, and generally to advise the Department on electrical questions. One is specially assigned to Scotland, two to the Northern Counties and North Wales, two to the Midland Counties one to the Western Counties and South Wales, and two to London and adjacent counties, while the ninth does special work. They do not have individual clerical workers specially attached to them but are assisted by the clerical staffs of the 2111 Factory Department offices in which they have their headquarters. At one of the Factory Department offices to which an electrical inspector is attached there is a part-time shorthand typist.