§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in theOfficial Report for 55W each year 1978 to the latest available date (a) the budget allocation of (i) staff, (ii) GAE costs, (iii) both for each Health and Safety Executive doctorate and division, (b) the number in post and the complemented figure for each inspectorate including factories, specialist, agriculture, mines and quarries, nuclear installations and explosives and (c) the number of doctors and nurses in the
Division 1986–87 Payroll 1986–87 GAE 1987–88 Payroll 1987–88 GAE 1988–89 Payroll £ (000s) cash prices 1988–89 GAE Inspectorates Factory and Agricultural 21,158 9,475 22,019 10,159 24,414 10,929 Mines and Quarries 3,783 590 3,836 563 3,722 561 Nuclear installations 3,745 474 4,821 676 5,815 755 Other Divisions HSC/E SEC1 and Solicitor 820 80 1,162 122 1,260 140 Resources and Planning 7,154 11,639 7,224 9,655 7,747 9,424 Hazardous substances 1,880 103 1,966 126 2,125 129 Safety policy 1,397 106 1,431 106 1,817 135 Medical 4,900 539 5,100 602 5,504 642 Research and laboratory services 6,767 3,129 7,004 2,913 7,557 2,900 Technology 5,767 1,032 6,236 1,132 6,875 1,262 Industrial air pollution2 1,235 271 — — — — Total 58,606 27,438 60,799 26,054 66,836 26,877 1 Includes HSE Secretariat, commission expenses and chairman's salary. 2 Transferred to Department of Environment on 1 April 1987.
(b) Staff in post in each inspectorate since 1980 are shown below. Staff at 1 April each year 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 Inspectorate Factory and Agricultural 2,168 2,097.5 1,908.5 1,809.5 1,796.5 1,802.0 1,472.5 1,466.0 1,420.0 (Technology division see note 1) — — — — — — (349) (305) (291) Mines and Quarries 162 167.0 163.5 159.0 151.5 142.5 133.5 134.5 116.5 Nuclear Installations 125 133.0 142.0 152.0 159.0 156.5 163.0 168.5 186.5 Notes: In April 1986 specialist inspectors including explosives inspectors, who formerly worked within factory inspectorate, transferred to the newly-created technology division.
HSE inspectorates do not have formal complements. Budgets are issued to meet staffing targets, but the actual number and grades of staff, and balance between payroll and gae, will vary according to changes in work demands and other circumstances.
(c) The information requested about doctors, nurses and scientists is shown below:
Staff at 1 April each year 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 Medical division including EMAS Doctors 86.5 86.5 83 86 74 73 70 71.5 68.5 64.5 56.5 Nurses 85.5 91 80 72 59.5 60.5 63 50.5 53 49 53 Scientists 2 8 7 12 19 19 19 13 17 21 22 Research and laboratory services division Scientists 306 307.5 309 282 275 298 293 290 283 280 268.5 The further details requested could be provided, if at all, only at disproportionate cost.