§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he is satisfied that people living near to notifiable installations of major hazards are adequately informed of the nature of the hazards which might affect them if control measures fail;
(2) if he is satisfied that people living near to notifiable installations of major hazards are adequately informed of what they should do in a major incident;
213W(3) if he is satisfied that people living near to notifiable installations of major hazards are adequately informed of the emergency arrangements which have been made in advance.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyI have been asked to reply.
Under the Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards Regulations, those people in the vicinity of installations where there is the greatest risk of a major accident must be informed by 1 January 1986 of the nature of the activity taking place, its associated hazards and what to do in an emergency.
Local emergency planning procedures have operated for some time, but the Government regard the new legislative arrangements as an important plank in the statutory framework for dealing with the consequences of industrial accidents. While there can be no complacency about the risk of major accidents, the arrangements are in line with the recommendations made by the Health and Safety Commission's Advisory Committee on Major Hazards in its various reports and will be subject to review. To this extent, the present position is regarded as satisfactory. It will be kept under review.
§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report a list of those liaison committees that exist for notifiable installations of major hazards.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyI have been asked to reply. As there is no statutory requirement for liaison committees to be established the information requested is not available.
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Capital Expenditure by Welsh County Councils £ thousand Clwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan 1979–80 Education 4,349 2,456 4,416 1,381 5,520 2,325 2,326 1,977 Personal Social Services 600 808 857 698 1,071 673 413 345 Transport 6,569 2,691 4,918 3,762 8,797 3,369 7,657 2,938 Fire 143 179 412 88 405 125 76 19 Other (non-Home Office) Services* 545 889 1,228 488 2,434 205 1,692 3,345 TOTAL 12,205 7,023 11,831 6,418 18,227 6,697 12,164 8,624 1980–81 Education 5,599 3,037 6,581 2,683 8,065 2,936 2,860 5,270 Personal Social Services 616 1,009 939 390 1,505 746 311 246 Transport 3,852 3,540 8,311 3,290 7,140 3,576 14,244 2,362 Fire 116 28 360 249 328 82 63 26 Other (non-Home Office) Services* 1,586 456 1,272 491 1,790 361 2,778 2,002 TOTAL 11,769 8,070 17,463 7,102 18,829 7,700 20,256 9,906 1981–82 Education 5,555 2,821 4,892 2,405 7,828 2,405 2,143 4,459 Personal Social Services 307 1,483 794 199 945 460 345 177 Transport 3,882 4,463 13,118 3,355 5,555 2,390 13,452 2,207 Fire 71 121 201 191 174 66 54 23 Other (non-Home Office) Services* 894 752 2,254 672 1,553 190 734 6,763 TOTAL 10,709 9,640 21,259 6,822 16,055 5,510 16,728 13,619 1982–83 Education 5,824 4,255 5,310 1,405 7,316 2,361 3,911 5,223 Personal Social Services 571 854 1,159 178 900 205 668 654 Transport 3,682 6,714 22,144 4,562 7,827 2,644 13,875 4,192 Fire 253 215 683 98 524 131 338 76 Other (non-Home Office) Services* 1,726 1,221 4,300 5,337 4,539 246 1,123 5,505 TOTAL 12,056 13,259 33,595 11,580 21,105 5,586 19,915 15,649
§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report, for the most recent available date, for each local authority area in Wales, the number of notifiable installations constituting a major hazard.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyI have been asked to reply.
By the end of December 1984 the numbers of installations notified to the Health and Safety Executive under the Notification of Installations Handling Hazardous Substances Regulations 1982 for each county in Wales were as follows:
Number Clwyd 13 Dyfedd 14 Gwent 18 Gwynedd 10 Mid-Glamorgan 16 Powys 4 West-Glamorgan 23