§ Mr. John Spellarasked the Secretary of State for Employment if the Health and Safety Executive will investigate the relationship between electrical occupations and mortality from leukaemia which was discussed in an article in The Lancet of 29 January.
§ Mr. GummerThe Health and Safety Executive's Employment Medical Advisory Service is aware ofThe Lancet article. The National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB), which has statutory duties to provide information and advice on radiological hazards, has issued for comment a consultative document which proposes exposure standards for non-ionising electro magnet radiation. The Health and Safety Executive will consider suitable action in the light of the advice to be tendered by the NRPB.
Yorkshire and Humberside region (1) (2) (3) Total Unemployed Aged under 20 years (included in (1)) Unemployed for over 52 weeks (included in (1)) Male Female Male Female Male Female Registered unemployed October 1979 79,935 39,131 11,471 13,222 24,664 6,448 October 1980 130,999 58,966 23,872 21,681 28,088 7,478 October 1981 197,804 79,586 33,677 27,963 58,597 14,824 October 1982 214,508 88,592 35,679 29,181 88,979 22,011 Unemployed claimants October 1979 78,300 34,000 * * * * October 1980 127,600 52,100 * * * * October 1981 190,900 69,900 * * * * October 1982 208,390 78,402 34,142 27,241 †79,725 †6,620 * Not available † Excludes a number of claimants unemployed for over 52 weeks, estimated to be about 4 per cent, nationally.