§ Miss Maynardasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons were employed in horse riding establishments in 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982.
§ Mr. GummerThe Department's employment statistics are analysed according to the 1968 standard industrial classification which does not separately distinguish riding establishments.
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§ Miss Maynardasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal accidents have involved horse riding establishments' employees in 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982.
§ Mr. GummerThe following table sets out the number of fatal and non-fatal accidents investigated by Her Majesty's Agricultural Inspectorate as the enforcing authority, in the years 1979–1982, which involved riding establishments' employees.
Year Fatal Non-Fatal 1979 2 5 1980 1 4 1981 — 21 1982 — 14 4 year Total 3 44
§ Miss Maynardasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many fatal and non-fatal accidents involved members of the public in consequence of their attending horse riding establishments in 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982.
§ Mr. GummerThe table following sets out the number of fatal and non-fatal accidents investigated by Her Majesty's Agricultural Inspecturate as the enforcing authority in the years 1979 to 1982 which involved members of the public attending riding establishments.
Year Fatal Non-fatal 1979 — 1 1980 4 — 1981 1 1 1982 — — 4 year Total 5 2
§ Miss Maynardasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many horse riding stables are registered with the Health and Safety Executive; and how many safety inspections were carried out on horse riding establishments in 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982, respectively.
§ Mr. GummerThere is no obligation on horse riding stables to register with the Health and Safety Executive. However, a search of our records has revealed that the number of inspections carried out on riding establishments* over the past four years are as follows:
Number 1979 17 1980 33 1981 117 1982 187 * "Riding Establishment" includes premises used for training, dressage, show-jumping, livery stables and riding schools.