§ 29. Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what steps have been taken to ensure that all craft and industrial premises are registered with the Factory Inspectorate.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyIn the factory inspectorate's annual work programme 3 per cent. of inspectors' time is used to find unregistered factories. In the year 1985–86 their target is to inspect 20,000 such premises.
In those areas where inspectors anticipate a large turnover of factory occupiers and the setting up of new premises, they undertake local initiatives in order to seek out and to inspect them.
Many first-time employers are ignorant of the legal requirement under the Factories Act to register their premises and the Health and Safety Executive, together with the CBI small firms unit, is preparing a leaflet to give publicity to this duty.
Whenever possible, information about premises is exchanged between the factory inspectorate and local authorities.