§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what, on the latest available figures and for the previous three years, was the level of accidents per 100,000 employees for(a) YTS trainees and (b) employees of the same age, not on YTS courses.
§ Mr. Cope[holding answer 21 February 1989]: Health and Safety Executive accident figures for employed young people not on YTS relate to the 16 to 19 years age group and are available from 1 April 1986 only. They are not directly comparable with accident figures for YTS trainees; the age groups do not match, and there are differences in occupational mix, coverage, and in the proportion of accidents reported. Certain types of accidents to YTS trainees are reportable to the Training Agency, but are not reportable to the Health and Safety Executive. Accidents reported to the HSE are subject to up
Injury Incidence Rates, for injuries to employees in the Argriculture, Manufacturing and Construction Industries1 Great Britain Fatal Major2 All reported3 Year Agriculture Manufacturing Construction Agriculture Manufacturing Construction Agriculture Manufacturing Construction 1978 6.7 2.3 13.2 n.a. n.a. n.a. 1,220.9 2,625.8 2,975.9 1979 9.3 2.2 12.4 n.a. n.a. n.a. 1,111.8 2,381.5 2,714.7 1980 6.7 1.9 13.8 n.a. n.a. n.a. 1,179.0 1,995.8 2,529.5 1981 8.8 2.0 9.7 46.9 66.6 155.3 23,10.0 2,550.0 4,190.0 1982 7.8 2.4 9.7 42.5 70.1 188.4 2,080.0 2,370.0 4,070.0 1983 8.6 2.2 11.6 59.6 77.2 213.0 n.a. n.a. n.a. 1984 8.8 2.7 9.8 83.5 86.6 225.0 n.a. n.a. n.a. 1985 6.1 2.4 10.5 72.5 90.0 225.8 n.a. n.a. n.a. 1986–874 8.9 2.1 10.2 133.8 135.9 261.0 467.3 1,194.6 1,940.8 1987–88p4 5.8 1.9 10.1 156.4 132.6 259.3 588.2 1,156.8 1,914.3 Sources:
Injury data: Health and Safety Executive.
Employment data: Department of Employment.
n.a. = not available.
p = provisional.
1 Reported to Her Majesty's Factory and Agricultural Inspectorates and all other relevant enforcing authorities under the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1980 (NADOR) for 1981-March 1986, and the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985 (RIDDOR) for 1986–87 onwards. Injuries between 1978 and 1980 are limited to those reported to Her Majesty's Inspectorate (Manufacturing and Construction industries) and to Her Majesty's Agricultural Inspectorate (Agricultural industry). The industries are classified according to the Standard Industrial Classification, 1968 and 1980.
2 The major injury definition which was created by NADOR and came into effect on 1 January 1981, was widened by RIDDOR—from 1 April 1986. Data from 1986–87, therefore, is not comparable with that for earlier years.
3 Includes injuries causing an employee, to be absent from work for more than three days, ("over-3-day" injuries). From 1978 to 1980 and for 1986–87 and 1987–88, over 3 day injury data is based on employers' reports to enforcing authorities. Comparisons with date for 1981–82, which are based on Industrial Injury Benefit claims, suggest significant under-reporting. From 1983 to 1985, over-3-day injury data was not collected.
4 Year commencing 1 April.
40Wto 50 per cent. under-reporting. Independent research, taking these factors into account, has established that there are no real grounds for concluding that major injury incidence rates for YTS trainees are different from those for employed young people. The tables give the available information.
Incidence rate all accidents per 100,000 trainees Period Reported YTS accidents 1 April 1985 to 31 March 1986 805 1 April 1986 to 31 March 1987 693 1 April 1987 to 31 March 1988 829
Incidence rale all accidents per 100,000 non- YTS employees aged 16–19 Period Reported accidents to non-YTS employees 1 April 1986 to 31 March 1987 502 1 April 1987 to 31 March 1988 503