§ Mr. Raffanasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the duties and responsibilities of the Health and Safety Commission.
§ Mr. GummerThe duties of the Health and Safety Commission are set out in the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, principally in section 11(1), (2) and (3). The Commission's general duty is to promote the objectives of the Act; its duties also include submitting proposals for regulations; providing an information and advisory service; making arrangements for carrying out research, and providing and encouraging training in connection with the purposes of the Act.
§ Mr. Raffanasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the offices of the Health and Safety Commission and the areas they cover.
§ Mr. GummerThe offices used by the Health and Safety Commission, and the Health and Safety Executive are:
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Office Town Used by Accrington Skillcentre Accrington EMAS Albyn Place Aberdeen HMFI, EMAS Arden House Newcastle-upon-Tyne HMAI, HMFI, EMAS Baddow Road Chelmsford HMAI, HMFI, EMAS, IAPI Basildon Skillcentre Basildon EMAS Baynards House London SPD, RPD, HMAI* Bellshill Skillcentre Glasgow EMAS Belford House Edinburgh HMAI, HMFI, EMAS Belgrave House Northampton HMAI, HMFI, EMAS Billingham Skillcentre Middlesbrough EMAS Birkbeck House Nottingham HMAI, HMFI, EMAS Bristol Skillcentre Bristol EMAS Brooklands Avenue Cambridge HMAI, HMFI, IAPI Brooms Road Dumfries HMAI Brunel House Cardiff HMAI, IAPI, HMFI, HMIMQ, EMAS, R & LS Cardiff Skillcentre Cardiff EMAS Cardiff Road Luton HMAI, HMFI, EMAS, R&LSD Castle Bromwich and Handsworth Skillcentre Birmingham EMAS Castle Street Swansea HMFI, EMAS Cathedral Road Cardiff Chancel House London HMFI, EMAS 288W
Office Town Used by Chapel Street London HSD, SPD, RPD, EMAS, HMFI, HIG Chester Street Wrexham HMAI, HMFI, EMAS* Copthall House Worksop HMIMQ Coventry Skillcentre Coventry EMAS Cricklewood Labs. London R & LSD Crosby Road Northallerton HMAI Darkgate Buildings Carmathen HMAI Denton Skillcentre Manchester EMAS Deptford Skillcentre London EMAS Dundee Skillcentre Dundee EMAS Durham Skillcentre Durham EMAS Dumbarton Skillcentre Dumbarton EMAS East Grinstead House East Grinstead HMAI, IAPI, HMFI, EMAS, R & LSD Edgbaston Skillcentre Birmingham EMAS Edinburgh Skillcentre Edinburgh EMAS Egham Employment Rehabilitation Centre London EMAS Enfield Skillcentre London EMAS Felling Skillcentre Newcastle-upon-Tyne EMAS Festival House Hull HMAI, HMFI, EMAS Gloucester Skillcentre Gloucester EMAS Grosvenor House Wakefield HMIMQ Hamilton Place Chester IAPI Harpur Hill Buxton R & LSD Haswell House Worcester HMAI, HMFI, EMAS Hillington Skillcentre Glasgow EMAS Hindley Skillcentre Manchester EMAS Hull Skillcentre Hull EMAS Intercity House Bristol HMAI, IAPI, HMFI, EMAS International House Ashford HMAI, HMFI, HMIMQ, EMAS Kenton Bar Newcastle-upon-Tyne HMAI, HMFI, EMAS Killingworth Skillcentre Newcastle-upon-Tyne EMAS Kiln House Norwich HMAI, HMFI Kirby-in-Ashfield Skillcentre Nottingham EMAS Leeds Skillcentre Leeds EMAS Leicester Skillcentre Leicester EMAS Letchworth Skillcentre Letchworth EMAS Liverpool Skillcentre Liverpool EMAS Longman Road Inverness HMAI Long Eaton Skillcentre Nottingham EMAS Long Lane London HMFI, EMAS McLaren Building Birmingham HMFI, IAPI, EMAS Magdelen House Bootle RPD* Maritime House London HMFI, EMAS Medway Skillcentre London EMAS Marston Road Oxford HMFI Middlesbrough Skillcentre Middlesbrough EMAS Mitre House Lancaster IAPI North Staffs Skillcentre Newcastle-under-Lyme EMAS Overgate House Dundee HMFI, EMAS Pennine House Washington, Tyne and Wear HMIMQ Perivale Skillcentre London EMAS Phoenix House Plymouth HMAI Plymouth Skillcentre Plymouth EMAS Portsmouth Skillcentre Portsmouth EMAS Port Talbot Skillcentre Port Talbot EMAS Preston Ingol Employment Rehabilitation Centre Preston EMAS Preston Skillcentre Preston EMAS Priestley House Basingstoke HMAI, IAPI, HMFI, EMAS Prince of Wales Road Dorchester HMAI Quay House Manchester IAPI, HMFI, EMAS
Office Town Used by Queenslite Skillcentre Glasgow EMAS Red Hill Sheffield R & LSD Redruth Skillcentre Truro EMAS Redditch and Wolverhampton Skillcentre Birmingham EMAS Regina House London HSC, DGD, SPD, RPD, HMIMQ* Romney House London IAPI* Runcorn Skillcentre Runcorn EMAS St. Andrews House Leicester HMFI, HMIMQ, HMFI, EMAS St. Anne's House Bootle RPD, HMFI, EMAS* St. Hughs' House Bootle SPD, RPD* St. Paul's Street Leeds HMAI, IAPI, HMFI, EMAS St. Peter's House Bootle RPD, HMFI, EMAS* St. Vincent Street Glasgow HMAI Sheffield Skillcentre Sheffield EMAS Silkhouse Court Liverpool HMNII* Silver House Doncaster HMIMQ Silver Street House Taunton HMAI, EMAS Southampton Southampton EMAS Sovereign House Sheffield HMAI, IAPI, HMFI, EMAS, R & LSD Steel City House Sheffield R & LSD Stoneleigh Kenilworth HMAI Thames House North London HMNII* The Marches House Newcastle-under-Lyme HMAI, HMFI, EMAS Trafford ParkSkill centre Manchester EMAS The Triad Bootle HMAI, HMFI, EMAS Twickenham Skillcentre London EMAS Victoria House Preston HMAI, HMFI, EMAS Victoria Place Carlisle HMAI, HMFI, EMAS Viking House Lincoln HMAI, IAPI Vincent House Darlington IAPI, EMAS Wakefield Skillcentre Leeds EMAS Waddon Skillcentre London EMAS Woodside House Leeds HMFI, IAPI West Sussex Skillcentre Brighton EMAS Wrexham Skillcentre Wrexham EMAS
HSC Health and Safety Commission DGD Director General's Department HSD Hazardous Substances Division SPD Safety Policy and Information Services Division RPD Resources and Planning Division HMAI HM Agricultural Inspectorate IAPI Industrial Air Pollution Inspectorate HMIMQ HM Inspectorate of Mines and Quarries HMFI HM Factory Inspectorate MD Medical Division EMAS Employment Medical Advisory Service HMNII HM Nuclear Installations Inspectorate HIG Hazardous Installations Group R & LSD Research & Laboratory Services Division * Headquarters Different parts of the organisation have different regional, district and area structures and it is not possible to allocate to each office a specific geographical area.
§ Mr. Raffanasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the total number of staff and the number of inspectors at each office of the Health and Safety Commission currently and in 1979.
§ Mr. GummerIt is not possible to give comparable figures because of changes between 1979 and 1983 in both the headquarters and the field organisation of the Health and Safety Executive, and in the number and location of the offices used by its staff.