§ Miss Maynardasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many accidents there were in agriculture in 1978 and 1979, county by county; and how many health and safety prosecutions and convictions there were county by county in 1979 or up to the most recent date in 1979 for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Mayhew[pursuant to his reply, 22 February 1980, c. 296–7]: The num
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Fatal accidents Non-fatal accidents Prosecutions and convictions in 1979 County 1978 1979* 1978 1979† Prosecutions† Convictions† SCOTLAND Border 1 1 100 44 — — Central — — 14 9 — — Dumfries and Galloway 1 4 134 38 — — Fife — 1 81 34 — — Grampian 3 — 128 76 — — Highland 1 1 46 26 2 2 Lothian 2 2 55 28 — — Orkney Isles 1 — 4 1 — — Shetland Isles — — — — — — Strathclyde — 2 111 43 1 2 Tayside — 2 101 57 1 3 Western Isles — — — — — — ENGLAND Avon 1 — 50 35 3 11 Bedfordshire 1 — 23 22 — — Berkshire — — 30 16 1 1 Buckinghamshire — 1 20 15 — — Cambridgeshire — — 113 105 4 9 Cheshire 1 4 66 73 9 22 Cleveland 1 — 17 11 — — Cornwall 3 2 81 55 1 1 Cumbria 1 2 89 79 2 2 Derbyshire — 1 40 20 — — Devon 5 7 166 115 3 6 Dorset — — 79 72 1 2 Durham 3 47 31 1 1 East Sussex — — 32 23 — — Essex 1 1 147 76 1 1 Gloucestershire 1 1 93 63 — — Greater London — — 1 3 — — Greater Manchester 3 1 12 8 1 2 Hampshire — — 94 49 2 5 Herefordshire and Worcestershire 4 2 101 103 5 10
§ Mr. Jim Lester[pursuant to his reply, 21 February 1980, c. 201–2]: Following is the information at June in each of the years specified:
bers of fatal accidents in agriculture and of non-fatal accidents to farmworkers in Great Britain in 1978 and 1979 are detailed by county in the attached list. Also listed are the numbers of prosecutions undertaken and convictions secured by Her Majesty's Agricultural Inspectorate in 1979.
As will be seen from the footnotes to the table the information for 1979 is not yet complete.
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Fatal accidents Non-fatal accidents Prosecutions and convictions in 1979 County 1978 1979* 1978 1979† Prosecutions† Convictions† Hertfordshire … 2 — 53 35 — — Humberside … — 6 116 75 1 1 Isle of Wight … — — 13 7 — — Kent … 3 3 195 136 6 13 Lancashire … 2 1 68 31 — — Leicestershire … — 1 38 40 2 2 Lincolnshire … 3 — 341 211 1 3 Merseyside … — — 12 11 5 8 Norfolk … 2 3 274 97 1 1 North Yorkshire … 4 4 180 146 7 19 Northamptonshire … — — 29 14 2 6 Northumberland … 1 1 91 84 1 2 Nottinghamshire … 2 2 84 54 1 3 Oxfordshire … — 2 66 35 1 4 Shropshire … 2 1 98 57 6 21 Somersetshire … 1 7 72 85 — — South Yorkshire … — 1 26 13 — — Staffordshire … 2 2 57 42 1 3 Suffolk … 3 1 167 114 — — Surrey … 1 4 38 32 — — Tyne and Wear … — — 18 15 2 3 Warwickshire … — — 33 15 1 4 West Midlands … — — 10 7 — — West Sussex … — 2 79 45 — — West Yorkshire … 3 — 70 43 2 4 Wiltshire … — 1 76 45 — — WALES Clwyd … 1 1 30 24 2 2 Dyfed … 4 3 85 58 3 4 Gwent … — — 17 11 2 2 Gwynedd … 1 2 30 16 2 6 Mid Glamorgan … 1 — 5 — 1 1 Powys … 3 4 49 33 1 3 South Glamorgan … — — 3 1 — — West Glamorgan … — 1 8 13 — — Totals … 73 92 4,606 2,975 89 195 * Inquest verdicts are still awaited on two other deaths in 1979 in Cleveland and Lincolnshire. The possibility of further fatal accident reports for 1979 cannot yet be discounted. † The non-fatal accident and the prosecution and conviction figures for 1979 relate only 10 the period 1 January to 30 September.