Regional Employment Premium

HC Deb 08 March 1978 vol 945 cc669-70W

Mr. Doig

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what sum of money was paid in regional employment premium to firms in Scotland and Dundee in the financial years 1974–5, 1975–6 and 1976–77.

Mr. Golding

The estimated amounts of regional employment premium paid in the Scottish development area are:

		Nuclear Power Industry		Coal Mining		Agriculture
		Fatal Per cent.	Serious Per cent.	Non-serious Per cent.	Fatal Per cent.	Serious reportable Per cent.	Non-reportable Per cent.	Fatal Per cent.	Other Per cent.
1965	…	Nil	Nil	0.10	0.05	0.24	42.3	*	*
1970	…	Nil	Nil	0.06	0.03	0.21	29.5	*	*
1973	…	Nil	Nil	0.12	0.03	0.21	24.3	0.01	1.96
1976	…	Nil	Nil	0.06	0.02	0.21	19.6	0.01	1.80
** Not available.

Fatal or serious accidents caused by radiation in the nuclear power industry would be those resulting from occurrences reportable to the Health and Safety Executive under the Nuclear Installations (Dangerous Occurrences) Regulations 1965, earlier legislation and, in the case of the UKAEA, equivalent arrangements. Non-serious accidents are other acciden-

Financial year					£ million
1974–75	…	…	…	…	57
1975–76	…	…	…	…	78
1976–77	…	…	…	…	79

Separate figures for Dundee are not available.