§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will outline the consultative process involved locally in the 166W of people in full-time employment, the number employed in the nationalised industries and the number in the Civil Service for each of the last three years.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerInformation is not available in the precise form requested. United Kingdom estimates for 1972, 1973 and 1974 are as follows for (1) total employees in full-time employment; (2) number of employees, including part-time workers, in the nationalised industries; and (3) employees in the Civil Service, counting two part-time employees as one full-time. Estimates relate to mid-year.
proposal to close the Factory Inspectorate offices at Shipley, Huddersfield and Halifax.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerI am informed by the Chairman of the Health and Safety Commission that once definite proposals have been formulated to reorganise Her Majesty's Factory Inspectorate in the West Yorkshire area the Area Director designate will consult the TUC Regional Council for Yorkshire and Humberside which covers the districts at present served by Her Majesty's Factory Inspectorate offices at Shipley, Huddersfield and Halifax. The Area Director designate is also chairman of a local area consultative committee and the other members have been nominated by the Factory Inspectorate Staff Associations in the West Yorkshire area. This committee will also discuss detailed proposals for the reorganisation of the area when they have been made, including staffing and operational matters which are related to the closure of some of the present Factory Inspectorate offices in the area. No firm decision has yet been made where the area office will be situated.
I can assure my hon. Friend that all local views which are expressed will be taken into consideration when the West Yorkshire area of Her Majesty's Factory Inspectorate is reorganised.