§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many inspectors are employed by the Health and Safety Executive in (a) Strathclyde region and (b) Scotland; and how many premises they are responsible for in each case.
§ Mr. GummerI regret that I am unable to provide information in the precise form requested.
Strathclyde is a part of the area covered by Scotland west area of the Health and Safety Executive which also includes Dumfries and Galloway and the Western Isles. 31 inspectors are employed in Scotland west area office, 26 of whom are factory inspectors and five agricultural inspectors, and all of these inspectors may spend a part of their time working in the Strathclyde region.
There are 93 inspectors employed in Scotland by HSE who are responsible for approximately 93,800 premises. These consist of 51 factory inspectors, 14 specialist inspectors, 17 agricultural inspectors and 10 mines and quarries inspectors.
It is not possible to detail the number of premises in either Strathclyde region or the Scotland west area except at disproportionate cost.