§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what the Health and Safety Executive is doing to make up for the loss in other divisions of staff transferred to the Offshore Safety Division; and what is the consequential loss of staff years of experience among those inspectorates that have had staff seconded.
§ Mr. ForthSince 1 April 1991, 10 staff with a total of 128 years experience in the Health and Safety Executive have been seconded to the offshore safety division from other parts of HSE. Staff movements on this limited scale are normal in an organisation with nearly 4,000 staff and any resulting vacancies will be filled using standard HSE recruitment methods.
§ Mr. EdwardsTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many workers in each wages council industry in England, Wales and in each Welsh county have had their individual pay and conditions checked by the wages councils in each of the last three years; and in how many cases underpayments were discovered.
§ Mr. ForthThe figures for England and Wales are given in the following tables. Statistics are not kept for counties.
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1988 1989 1990 Checked Underpaid Checked Underpaid Checked Underpaid Retail bespoke tailoring 1 1 1 0 5 0 Rope, twine and net 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sack and bag 0 0 5 0 2 0 Toy manufacturing 144 0 0 0 76 0 Retail non-food trades 2,598 239 1,130 123 2,705 205 Retail food and allied trades 1,311 248 1,749 260 2068 379 Licensed non-residential 1,355 156 1,165 112 957 79 Licensed residential and licensed restaurant 1,813 63 1,112 112 1,768 162 Unlicensed place of refreshment 304 58 586 69 634 127 Totals 8,358 897 6,515 709 8,747 986
Workers checked and found underpaid 1988 to 1990 England 1988 1989 1990 Checked Underpaid Checked Underpaid Checked Underpaid Aerated waters 2,719 12 338 1 278 0 Clothing manufacture 11,615 381 7,870 348 8,747 282 Boot and shoe repairing 733 19 467 11 79 12 Button manufacturing 163 0 97 1 33 1 Coffin furniture and cerement making 42 0 11 0 38 1 Cotton waste reclamation 43 0 25 0 0 0 Flax and hemp 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fur 216 2 42 2 13 0 General waste materials reclamation 1,350 9 682 7 648 5 Hairdressing undertakings 6,551 363 7,331 338 6,902 322 Hat, cap and millinery 651 0 320 0 301 2 Lace finishing 0 0 0 0 0 0 Laundry 3,876 37 2,977 29 591 13 Linen and cotten handkerchief 338 8 707 8 64 2 Made-up textiles 448 1 249 17 418 19 Ostrich and fancy feather 33 0 123 0 23 0 Perambulator and invalid carriage 139 0 101 0 0 0 Retail bespoke tailoring 144 6 121 6 34 3 Rope, twine and net 299 0 1,190 0 148 0 Sack and bag 150 0 43 0 107 1 Toy manufacturing 439 4 606 14 568 2 Retail non-food trades 86,977 1,363 64,208 1,524 49,245 1,434 Retail food and allied trades 117,567 3,473 105,267 3,797 47,368 4,133 Licensed non-residential 25,839 1,918 37,235 1,656 35,686 1,227 Licensed residential and licensed restaurant 24,574 618 36,069 835 37,049 650 Unlicensed place of refreshment 7,455 653 24,016 510 44,730 572 Totals 292,361 8,867 290,095 9,104 233,070 8,681