§ Mrs. Mahonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest notifiable accidents to (a) YTS trainees, (b) community programme workers and (c) job training scheme workers.
§ Mr. LeeTable(a) provides accident figures for YTS trainees by quarter for fatal, major and minor injuries for the period 1 April to 30 September 1987.
Participants in the job training scheme (JTS) and new job training scheme (new JTS) are trainees. Table (b) provides fatal, major and minor accidents by quarter to trainees on the job training scheme for the period 1 April to 30 September 1987.
Table (c) provides fatal, major and minor accidents by quarter for trainees on the new job training scheme (new JTS) period 1 April to 30 September 1987. Accident statistics for community programme workers are not available. Accidents to these workers are, however, reportable to the Health and Safety Executive.
YTS Accidents 1 April–30 September 1987 Table (a) Accidents1 Period Fatalities Major2 Minor 1 April 1987 to 30 June 1987 31 108 513 1 July 1987 to 30 September 1987 1 109 606 666W
JTS Accidents 1 April–30 September 1987 Table (b) Accidents1 Period Fatalities Major2 Minor 1 April 1987 to 30 June 1987 Nil 1 19 1 July 1987 to 30 September 1987 Nil Nil 26
New JTS Accidents 1 April–30 September 1987 Table (c) Accidents1 Period Fatalities Major2 Minor 1 April 1987 to 30 June 1987 Nil Nil 2 1 July 1987 to 30 September 1987 Nil 1 11 1 MSC accident figures are for trainees on YTS, JTS and new JTS have been compiled on a similar basis to those prepared by the Health and Safety Executive on employed persons. However, the commission's figures will include a number of accidents to trainees in educational establishments which may not have been reportable to the Health and Safety Executive had the individuals been employed. 2 Major injuries are classified according to the severity criteria laid down in the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985. 3 This fatality was a road traffic accident in scheme time.
§ Mrs. Mahonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many health and safety inspectors' working hours are spent each week on average inspecting or monitoring premises and conditions at work for (a) YTS, (b) community programme schemes and (c) job training schemes.
§ Mr. CopeThe information as requested is not available. When carrying out inspections, health and safety inspectors examine the health and safety conditions of all persons, regardless of whether they are engaged on Government schemes or not. Therefore, no distinction is made between those premises at which people are engaged on YTS, community programme schemes and JTS, and those where they are not.