§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list, for each of the last 10 years, the number of inspections carried out by Health and Safety Executive inspectors. [659]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe following table shows the number of inspections carried out by Health and Safety Executive inspectors in each of the last 10 years.
Year Inspections1 1986–87 164,098 1987–88 159,641 1988–89 159,550 1989–90 171,580 1990–91 169,346 1991–922 175,070 1992–93 162,815 1993–94 157,032 1994–95 147,160 1995–96 124,869 1 Inspections are planned preventive inspections by HSE's inspectorates, and site visits to monitor nuclear site licences by the nuclear safety division. They do not include reactive work such as investigation of accidents and complaints about workplace conditions. 2 Figures for 1991–92 and beyond include inspections of the railway and offshore industries which became the responsibility of HSE on 3 December 1990 and 1 April 1991 respectively.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list, for each of the last 10 years, the number of enforcement notices issued by(a) the Health and Safety Executive's field operations division inspectorates and (b) local authority inspectors. [470]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe total number of enforcement notices issued by HSE's field operations directorate and local authority inspectors between 1986–87 and 1994–95 is as follows:
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Enforcement notices issued by field operations directorate Number of notices issued 1986–87 19,374 1987–88 111,158 1988–89 111,054 1989–90 211,857 1990–91 212,653 1991–92 212,330 1992–93 211,825 1993–94 210,516 1994–95 210,639 1995–96 3,48,674 1 Combined number of notices issued by HM agricultural inspectorate and HM factory inspectorate. Source HSC annual report 1988–89. 2 Number of notices issued by HSE's field operations division. Source Health and Safety Statistics 1994–95. 3 Number of Notices issued by HSE's field operations division. Source Health and Safety Commission annual report 1995–96. 4 Provisional.
Enforcement notices issued by local authority inspectors Number of notices issued 1986–87 8,100 1987–88 9,520 1988–89 10,070 1989–90 10,220 1990–91 13,030 1991–92 21,680 1992–93 26,980 1993–94 20,660 1994–95 11,790
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list, for each of the last 10 years, the number of field inspectors employed by the Health and Safety Executive, indicating the proportion of them with less than two years experience. [658]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe information available is as follows for health and safety inspectors—factory, agricultural, quarries, mines and railways—working from area offices. Nuclear, offshore, and specialist inspectors are excluded, as are inspectors currently assigned to headquarters.
Year (1 April) Inspector numbers Proportion with less than two years' experience (per cent.) 1987 757.5 13 1988 712.5 14 1989 724 14 1990 750.5 21 1991 789 24 1992 826 24 1993 834 19 1994 841.5 14 1995 783.3 7 1996 807.5 5