§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many industrial accidents have been notified to Her Majesty's factory inspectorate for each year since 1974 in the Walsall metropolitan district council area.
§ Mr. John GrantThe chairman of the Health and Safety Commission informs me that the number of industrial accidents reported to Her Majesty's factory inspectorate for its Walsall district which comprised Walsall county borough, Aldridge/ Brownhills urban district council, Cannock UDC and Cannock RDC was 2,177 in 1974 and 2,219 in 1975. Breakdown of the figures between the four councils was not done.
Following the reorganisation of Her Majesty's factory inspectorate in September 1976, records were kept on the basis of groups of industries within HMFI areas rather than for individual councils within the new West Midlands metropolitan county. This covers a larger area than the Walsall metropolitan districts council. The total number of notified industrial accidents for 1976 was 13,337 and, for 1977, 15,950. These figures are, of course, not comparable with those for previous years.