HC Deb 15 March 1983 vol 39 cc121-2W
Mr. McKelvey

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the establishment number of the nuclear installations inspectorate; and by how many the inspectorate is under strength.

Mr. Gummer

There is financial provision in the Health and Safety Commission's 1983–84 budget for 102

Table 1
Redundancies reported as due to occur: by region
South East East Anglia South West West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside North West North Wales Scotland Great Britain
1980 70,015 7,554 26,598 69,436 40,957 50,879 92,596 33,276 45,215 57,240 493,766
1981 105,878 11,463 30,998 59,556 33,720 63,102 91,739 40,103 36,432 59,039 532,030
1982* 80,299 6,471 24,643 38,914 28,589 45,957 67,117 32,424 24,647 48,944 398,005
* Some 1982 figures are provisional.

Table 2
Redundancies reported as due to occur: by industry
SIC order Industry Number of redundancies (000s) Redundancies per 100 employees
1980 1981 *1982 1980 1981 *1982
I Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing 1,220 945 702 0.35 0.28 0.20
II Mining and Quarrying 2,672 5,630 7,629 0.77 1.68 2.35
III Food, Drink and Tobacco 21,852 29,229 22,688 3.27 4.66 3.75
IV Coal and Petroleum Products 262 1,762 1,539 0.78 6.03 6.04
V Chemical and Allied Industries 11,974 18,645 9,938 2.75 4.62 2.56
VI Metal Manufacture 56,797 47,474 26,800 14.25 14.73 9.10
VII Mechanical Engineering 51,017 57,214 43,937 5.82 7.41 6.08
VIII Instrument Engineering 4,626 5,895 2,841 31.4 4.44 2.20
IX Electrical Engineering 34,128 48,166 22,408 4.62 7.09 3.49
X Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering 7,462 4,925 4,068 4.94 3.51 2.90
XI Vehicles 40,545 49,295 35,523 5.80 8.11 6.45
XII Metal Goods not elsewhere specified 30,474 30,519 17,117 5.88 6.85 3.98
XIII Textiles 50,297 25,699 19,052 13.17 8.08 6.36
XIV Leather, Leather goods and Fur 1,739 1,382 1,327 5.24 4.67 4.64
XV Clothing and Footwear 28,356 19,789 15,041 8.89 7.29 5.78

inspectors in the nuclear installations inspector. The present number of inspectorates in post is 96. A vigorous recruiting campaign is continuing.