HC Deb 27 November 1972 vol 847 cc29-30W
Mr. Money

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of industrial accidents reported to the Factory Inspectorate in the Ipswich area in the last full year for which figures are available.

Mr. Dudley Smith

During 1971, 2,523 accidents—including eight fatalities—were notified to Her Majesty's Factory Inspectorate by occupiers or employers in the Ipswich district of the inspectorate.

Mr. Money

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Factories' experiment in inspection of priority factories, where risk to health and safety is considered great or conditions have deteriorated, as outlined in the Annual Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector for 1971, Cmnd. Paper No. 5098.

Mr. Dudley Smith

The trial period for the inspection of priority factories referred to in the 1971 Annual Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Factories has produced some valuable information which it has not yet been possible to evaluate fully.