HC Deb 11 July 1995 vol 263 c545W
Mr. Welsh

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many full-time Health and Safety Executive inspectors were employed in Scotland in each year since 1990 –91. [33542]

Sir Paul Beresford

The table shows the number of full-time health and safety inspectors based in the Health and Safety Executive's field operations division area offices in Scotland:

Year (1 April) Number
1990 79
1991 92
1992 98
1993 104
1994 106
1995 97

The figures comprise factory inspectors, agricultural inspectors, specialist inspectors, quarries inspectors and railway inspectors.