§ Mr. Michieasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the number of trade union appointed safety representatives who were functioning within the terms of regulation 4 of the Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations in each year from 1978 to 1984 and for each of the main industrial groupings in the standard industrial classification.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThis information is not available. A survey carried out by the Health and Safety Executive in 1979 indicated that around three quarters of employees in manufacturing and some other sectors were covered by safety representatives.