§ Mr. Prescottasked the Secretary of State for Trade how many tankers over 70,000 deadweight tonnage called at British ports in each year since 1975; how many were subject to inspection by his Department; and how many inspectors were involved.
§ Mr. EyreStatistical data relating specifically to tanker movements in United Kingdom ports, the random general inspections of such vessels and the number of marine surveyors involved is not readily available and cannot be produced without disproportionate cost. The total numbers of marine surveyors deployed in United Kingdom marine survey districts and normally available for marine safety enforcement tasks on 1 July in the years 1979–1980 and 1981 were 147, 151 and 147 respectively.
§ Mr. Prescottasked the Secretary of State for Trade how many inspections have been carried out by his Department on British and foreign vessels for each year since 1975.
§ Mr. EyreThe following table gives the number of non-statutory random general inspections carried out by the Department's surveyors in each of the years 1975–1980.
United Kingdom Foreign Total 1975 1,517 681 2,198 1976 993 486 1,479 1977 1,028 677 1,705 1978 729 558 1,317 1979 580 615 1,195 1980 993 1,301 2,294