§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the average length of time of each investigation by Health and Safety Executive inspectors in each region into each workplace death.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information requested is not available.
§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what action was taken as a result of each workplace death investigation completed in the last 12 months in each region.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information is not available in the form requested.
The following table shows the number of fatal injuries, provisional, reported to each region in the Health and Safety Executive's field operations division between 1 April 1992 and 31 March 1993 and how many of them have led to inspectors taking prosecution action to date.
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HSE region Number of fatal injuries reported Of which resulted in prosecution action Wales and South West 52 6 Home Counties 46 7 London and South East 48 5 Midlands 55 9 Yorkshire and North East 54 10 North West 46 8 Scotland 45 10 Information on any other action taken as result of each workplace death investigation is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many Health and Safety Executive investigations into workplace deaths were started in each year since 1983 in each region; and how many of these were completed within(a) one week, (b) two weeks, (c) one month, (d) two months and (e) longer than two months.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information is not available in the form requested.
The Health and Safety Executive gives a high priority to the investigation of fatal injuries in the workplace. The following table shows the number of fatal injuries reported to HSE's factory, agricultural and quarries inspectorates from 1983 to 1992–93, provisional:
Year Number of fatal injuries reported 19831 472 19841 485 19851 5182 1986–871 399 1987–881 455 1988–891 472 1989–901 5863 1990–911 468 1991–922 368 1992–93 3464 1 Excludes reports made to the Quarries Inspectorate. 2 Includes 56 members of the public killed in the Bradford City FC fire disaster. 3 Includes 95 reportable fatalities arising from the Hillsborough Stadium disaster. 4 Provisional. Information is not available on the length of time taken to complete investigations.
§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many Health and Safety Executive staff in each region are involved in the investigation of each workplace death.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe information is not available in the form requested. The number of Health and Safety Executive staff involved in the investigation of each workplace death varies according to the technical, medical and scientific expertise required during the investigation.
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