§ Mr. Ormeasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many prosecutions for negligence on the part of the employer have been brought as a result of industrial injuries to employees during each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithDuring the period 1962–1971 the numbers of informations or complaints relating to contraventions of the Factories Act and regulations made there under, which resulted in bodily injury, including injury to health, are as follows:
1962 … … … … 560 1963 … … … … 526 1964 … … … … 599 1965 … … … … 737 1966 … … … … 753 1967 … … … … 621 1968 … … … … 701 1969 … … … … 653 1970 … … … … 787 1971 … … … … 724
§ Mr. Ormeasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of serious industrial accidents which were reported to his Department in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithThe number of accidents reported under the Factories Act which resulted in serious injury are estimated to have been:
1969 … … … 63,200 1970 … … … 57,000 1971 … … … 50,000 It is regretted that information for earlier years is not available.
The numbers of fatalities reported were:
1962 … … … … 668 1963 … … … … 610 1964 … … … … 655 1965 … … … … 627 1966 … … … … 701 1967 … … … … 564 1968 … … … … 625 1969 … … … … 649 1970 … … … … 556 1971 … … … … 525