§ John McDonnellTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Health and Safety Executive health and safety inspectors were working in the field at(a) 1 June 2000 and (b) 1 March 2004. [167498]
§ Jane KennedyWe do not have precise figures for the dates requested due to the way HSE collects data on this subject.
Inspectors in the field Total 1 April 2000 1,306 1 April 2004 1,501 Notes: The figures for 1 April 2000 are actual. Those for 1 April 2004 are estimated or subject to confirmation. As far as possible inspector staff undertaking more generalised HQ functions have been eliminated from these figures. All figures are for full-time equivalent staff. Inspectors at senior grades, or working in other parts of HSE are not included.
§ Mr. StunellTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many inspectors were employed by the Health and Safety Executive(a) in the Factory Inspectorate, (b) in the Nuclear Inspectorate and (c) on other duties in each of the last 10 years, broken down by grade; and if he will make a statement. [170669]
§ Jane KennedyThe following table contains the information on the number of inspectors employed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on 1 April for the years 1995 to 2004.
The information requested for the period between 1995–96 and 2003–04 is not maintained within HSE in the format requested by this question, i.e. by grade. This information is only held from the period 2000–01 and is not linked to discipline, and can only be extracted at a disproportionate cost to HSE. The Health and Safety Executive's policy is to retain personnel data for six years in line with the requirements of Treasury. However, we have been able to extract the figures from our Annual Reports and from available archived data within the Directorates in question.
The available information is in the table.
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Number of inspectors employed by HSE As at 1 April FOD NSD Other Total 1995 — — — 11,478 1996 — — — 11,466 1997 2780 153 509 1,442 1998 783 147 507 1,437 1999 853 144 500 1,497 2000 3898 156 453 1,507 2001 4954 152 428 1,534 2002 5955 156 514 1,625 2003 962 167 522 1,651 2004 6901 167 537 1,605 1Analysis by Directorate for the years 1995–96 and 1996–97 is not readily available within the timescale for this parliamentary question.
2During 1996–97 there were transfers of posts between Safety Policy Directorate, Chemical and Hazardous Installations Divisions, Field Operations Directorate, Nuclear Safety Directorate and Offshore Safety Division following the Review of Senior Management. 3Reorganisation of HSE 1 April 2000 4Field Operations Directorate and HM Railway Inspectorate brigaded May 2000. 5Field Operations Directorate and HM Railway Inspectorate de-brigaded April 2002. 6During 2003–04 there were transfers of posts between Field Operations Directorate, Hazardous Installations Division and Technology Division due to re-organisation.