§ Mr. Merlyn Reesasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he is aware that the factory accident rate in South Leeds in 1970 covers 3,149 accidents, with 41 per 1,000 employees as compared with 25 per 1,000 in North Leeds, and that to visit 1,709 premises in South Leeds there are only two trained inspectors with two more 88W under training; and if he will take steps to remedy this situation.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe principal purpose of the realignment of Factory Inspectorate districts in Leeds from 1st January, 1971, was to correct the in-equality of workloads formerly existing between Leeds North and South Districts by creating two new districts more equally loaded. Comparison of the 1,410 and 2,119 accidents reported in Leeds West and East respectively between 1st January and 3rd November, 1971, with the 1970 total figures of 1,315 and 3,149 for the former Leeds North and South suggest that the revision of boundaries has gone some way towards correcting the earlier imbalance.