§ Miss Boothroydasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many factories in the west midlands were visited by factory inspectors for each of the last five years for which records are available; what percentage this figure represents of the total number of factories in the area; and whether he is satisfied with the present number of factory inspectors in post in the west midlands.
§ Mr. Peter Bottomley[pursuant to his reply, 27 March 1985, c. 226-7]: I wish to correct the statistics given in my reply, which should have read as follows:
Number of premises visited Percentage of premises visited in relation to the total number of premises in the area per cent. 1985 to date 1,252 6 1984 3,289 17 1983 4,792 24 1982 4,891 31 1981 5,065 18 1980 figures not available