§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many additional notifications are likely to be received 559W under the Notification of Accidents Regulations 1980 (S.I., 980, No. 804) due to wider coverage of occupation; and how many additional notifications are expected under activities already covered by notification provisions.
§ Mr. MayhewThe best estimate which can be made is that there will be about 150,000 additional notifications per annum due to the wider coverage of occupations which the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1980 will attract, and 125,000 additional notifications per annum arising from activities which at present are covered by notification provisions.
§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what pilot surveys were carried out, at what date, what activities were covered, and how many responses were received when assessing the likely notifications received under the provisions of the Notification of Accidents Regulations 1980 (S.I., 1980, No. 804).
§ Mr. MayhewThe main purpose of pilot surveys involving the Department of Health and Social Security and the Health and Safety Executive, which were carried out in 1975, was to assess the viability of joint accident reporting. Estimates of the likely number of additional notifications are based on a study of published annual accident statistics prepared by the Department of Health and Social Security and the Health and Safety Executive.
Greater Manchester Metropolitan County Manchester travel-to-work area All registered unemployed Of which, school leavers under 18 years of age All registered unemployed Of which, school leavers under 18 years of age Number Percentage rate Number Number Percentage rate Number June 1970 24,067 2.1 52 14,869 2.4 23 June 1978 73,736 6.1 8,567 43,677 6.2 4,609 June 1979 65,919 5.5 8,272 38,327 5.4 4,323 June 1980 89,597 7.4 11,641 49,294 6.9 5,445 Notes: 1. As a result of changes in the school leaving regulations the June figures from 1978 include considerable numbers of school leavers not present in the figures for June 1970. 2. The June 1980 figures are not strictly comparable with those for earlier years because of the introduction, in September 1979, of fortnightly attendance and payment of benefit. Estimates are not available below standard regional level but for the country as a whole the monthly unemployment figures are about 20,000 or 1½ per cent., higher than under weekly attendance.