HC Deb 07 February 1973 vol 850 cc130-3W
Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many factories were inspected under the Factories Act in Cheadle rural district in each of the past five years.

Mr. Dudley Smith

The number of factories in the area of the Cheadle Rural District which received a general inspection under the Factories Act 1961 in the period 1968–72 is as follows:

1968 … … … … 13
1969 … … … … 24
1970 … … … … 22
1971 … … … … 33
1972 … … … … 5

Mr. William Price

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many factories in the Midlands (Birmingham Division) were overdue for a full inspection by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Factories on 1st January 1972.

Mr. Dudley Smith

On 1st January 1973 there were 17,431 factories on the registers of the districts in the Midlands (Birmingham) Division, of which 629 had not received a general inspection during the previous four years.

Mr. William Price

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons or firms were prosecuted in each of the districts of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Factories during 1972 for contraventions of the Factories Act 1961 and associated regulations.

Mr. Dudley Smith

The number of persons or firms prosecuted in 1972 is shown below, district by district, grouped under divisions:

NUMBER OF PERSONS OR FIRMS PROSECUTED IN EACH DISTRICT IN 1972
Northern
Carlisle … … 19
Darlington … … 28
Tyne … … 18
Tees … … 9
Newcastle … … 12
Wear … … 13
Hull … … 16
Northern Construction … … 26
Total … … 141

West Riding and North Lincolnshire
Bradford North … … 4
Bradford South … … 7
Huddersfield … … 7
Leeds West … … 7
Leeds East … … 10
West Yorkshire … … 11
North Lincolnshire … … 7
Rotherham … … 11
Sheffield North … … 10
Sheffield South … … 33
Wakefield … … 8
Leeds Construction … … 32
Sheffield Construction … … 25
Total … … 172

Midlands (Birmingham)
Birmingham East … … 9
Birmingham North … … 24
Birmingham South … … 9
Birmingham West … … 15
Walsall … … 16
Wolverhampton … … 11
Dudley … … 22
Worcester … … 8
Coventry … … 20
Birmingham Construction … … 35
Total … … 169

Midlands (Nottingham)
Derby … … 20
Leicester … … 12
Northampton … … 9
Nottingham … … 18
Stafford … … 19
Stoke-on-Trent … … 14
Lincoln … … 11
Nottingham Construction … … 31
Total … … 134

London and Home Counties (North)
Cambridge 25
Ipswich 16
Islington 5
Luton 13
North London 10
North West London 10
Norwich 17
Brent 15
Watford 33
Westminster 1
London and Home Counties (North) Construction 34
Total 179

London and Home Counties (East)
Bethnal Green 1
Brighton 5
East London 5
Ashford 8
North East London 16
Rochester 6
South Essex 12
Southwark 9
West Ham 8
Woolwich 20
London and Home Counties (East) Construction 25
Total 115

London and Home Counties (West)
Croydon 11
Ealing 12
Horsham 12
Kingston 14
Portsmouth 18
Reading 16
Slough 19
Southampton 23
South London 9
West London 10
London and Home Counties (West) Construction 65
Total 209

Wales and South Western
Bristol North … 2
Bristol South … 9
Gloucester … 3
Plymouth … 6
Swindon … 11
Taunton … 9
Cardiff … 15
Carmarthen … —
Newport … 10
Swansea … 6
Wrexham … 15
South Western Construction … 25
Wales Construction … 18
Total … 129

North Western (Liverpool)
Lancaster … … 4
Liverpool North … … 4
Liverpool South … … 4
Preston … … 4
Warrington … … 12
West Cheshire … … 4
Wigan … … 10
Liverpool Construction … … 30
Total … … 72

North Western (Manchester)
Ashton-under-Lyne … … 12
Bolton … … 8
Manchester North … … 9
Manchester South … … 9
Burnley … … 8
Rochdale … … 6
Salford … … 7
Stockport … … 16
Manchester Construction … … 21
Total … … 96

Scotland
Aberdeen … 10
Ayr … 12
Dundee … 5
Edinburgh … 6
Fife … 2
Glasgow North … 8
Glasgow West … 10
Lanarkshire … 15
Renfrew … 7
Stirling … 4
Glasgow South … 10
Scotland (West) Construction … 26
Scotland (East) Construction … 16
Total … 131
Grand Total … 1,547