HC Deb 10 February 1978 vol 943 cc717-8W
Mr. Heffer

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what steps he is taking to improve the unemployment situation amongst construction workers on Merseyside.

Mr. Golding

Construction workers on Merseyside, as in other parts of the country, should benefit from the allocation of the additional £811 million over the next three years for construction projects

Nuclear Power Industry Coal Mining Agriculture
Fatal per cent Other per cent Fatal per cent Serious reportable per cent Non reportable per cent Fatal per cent Other per cent
1965 0.003 2.2 0.05 0.24 42.3 * *
1970 Nil 2.1 0.03 0.21 29.5 * *
1973 0.004 1.6 0.03 0.21 24.3 0.01 1.96
1976 0.010 1.8 0.02 0.21 19.6 0.01 1.80
* Not available.

Industrial accidents in the nuclear power industry involving death or absences from work of more than three days are notifiable to the Health and Safety Executive under the Factories Acts. The data cover relevant employees of the UKAEA, the generating boards and British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. UKAEA industrial accident statistics for the years prior to 1976 have been obtained from announced by the Government during 1977. Construction workers will also continue to be eligible to benefit from the Government's special employment measures.