§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Paymaster General if he will publish in the Official Report a consolidated list of the numbers of accidents to trainees on the YTS and the Youth Opportunities Programme for each quarter from the start of the youth opportunities programme to the latest available date (a) showing separately accidents which caused fatal, major and minor injuries, (b) giving details of the changes in the definitions used and (c) showing for each quarter the average number of trainees in training.
§ Mr. TrippierInformation is not available in the precise form requested. Tabled are details of youth opportunities programme accident and in-training figures from 1 April 1980 to 31 March 1983 by year and youth opportunities programme and YTS accident and in-training figures by quarter from 1 April 1983 to 31 December 1985, the latest available date. Quarterly figures for youth opportunities programme accidents prior to 1 April 1983 could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Major injuries are defined according to the severity criteria laid down in the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1980 (NADOR).
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Youth Training Scheme 1 April 1983 to 31 December 1985 Period Average number in training Accidents Fatalities Major† Minor* 1 April 1983 to 30 June 1983 20,169 ■1 1 10 1 July 1983 to 30 September 1983 122,344 1 8 73 1 October 1983 to 31 December 1983 253,202 1 44 315 1 January 1984 to 31 March 1984 250,118 1 47 445 1 April 1984 to 30 June 1984 235,578 Nil 38 395 1 July 1984 to 30 September 1984 280,165 *3 50 370 1 October 1984 to 31 December 1984 285,648 Nil 55 515 1 January 1985 to 31 March 1985 265,436 2 41 468 1 April 1985 to 30 June 1985 π238,889 Nil 34 398 1 July 1985 to 30 September 1985 π272,214 #2 59 442 1 October 1985 to 31 December 1985 π285,846 Nil 67 577 * MSC accident figures for the youth opportunities programe and youth training scheme have been compiled on a similar basis to those prepared by the Health and Safety Executive on employed persons. However, the commission's figures will include a number of minor accidents during scheme time and accidents to trainees in educational establishments which may not have been reportable to the Health and Safety Executive had the individuals been employed. † Major injuries are classified according to severity criteria laid down in the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1980 (NADOR). ‡ Statistical information on the number of accidents to trainees on the youth opportunities programme prior to 1 April 1980 is not available. ║ This figure includes two road traffic fatalities. ¶ This figure includes two road traffic accidents and two lunch-time recreational accidents. • This figure includes one lunch-time recreational accident. ■ This figure includes one road traffic accident. * This figure includes two road traffic accidents. # This figure includes one road traffic accident. π These figures are provisional and will be subject to change as further information becomes available.
§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Paymaster General how many trainees on the youth opportunities programme or the YTS were injured and received compensation under the scheme analogous to the industrial injuries scheme for each quarter since the start of the youth opportunities programme; and what was the average amount of that compensation.
§ Mr. TrippierI regret that the information is not available in the precise form requested and can be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The earliest date for which information is available centrally is 1 April 1981.
The number of trainees eligible to receive benefits from the commission's analogous industrial injuries scheme and the total amounts paid since then is shown in the table.
Period Number of trainees who received benefits Total amount paid £ April 1981 to March 1982 976 154,295 April 1982 to March 1983 1,038 165,705 April 1983 to March 1984 824 229,428 April 1984 to March 1985 669 313,611 April 1985 to February 1986 597 389,692
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Youth Opportunities Programme Period Number of fatalities Sex Age Cause of death Circumstances Amount of Industrial Death Benefit paid 1 October 1980 to 31 December 1980 2 Male 16 Fractured skull Road traffic accident * Male 17 Burns to body Clothing caught fire * Some of the sums paid in the later periods shown relate to continuing benefits payable to trainees who were injured some time earlier. Assessment of an average amount of benefit by period is therefore misleading.
§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Paymaster General if he will list the age, sex, and, if possible, name of the young people who died on the youth opportunities programme or the YTS for each quarter since the start of the youth opportunities programme showing in each case the cause of their death and the circumstances leading to it and the amount of compensation, if any, paid to their parents.
§ Mr. TrippierInformation is not available in the precise form requested. Tabled are details of the fatalities of young people on the youth opportunities programme and YTS. Their names have not been supplied as publication could cause unnecessary distress to the relatives concerned. The Manpower Services Commission does not pay compensation; payments of industrial death benefit may be made to the parents of deceased trainees under the MSC's analogous industrial injuries scheme.
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Period Number of fatalities Sex Age Cause of death Circumstances Amount of Industrial Death Benefit paid 1 January 1981 to 31 March 1981 2 Male 16 Electrocution Electrocution involving overhead crane * Male 16 Blow to head and upper body Hit by falling gas cylinder * 1 April 1981 to 30 June 1981 1 Male 16 Not known Trapped between vehicles * 1 October 1981 to 31 December 1981 4 Male 18 Severe head injuries Road traffic accident None Male 16 Not known Hit by falling wooden planks * Male 16 Internal Haemorrhage Road traffic accident * Male 16 Natural causes Clearing snow * 1 January 1982 to 31 March 1982 1 Male Not known Head injuries Fell from rope hoist None 1 April 1982 to 30 June 1982 1 Male Not known Drowned Swimming accident during lunch break None 1 July 1982 to 30 September 1982 2 Male Not known Fractured skull Tractor overturned or/public highway * Male Not known Drowned Lunch time swimming accident None 1 October 1982 to 31 December 1982 3 Male 16 Burns Clothing caught fire * Male 16 Head and upper body injuries Trapped in machinery * Male 17 Fractured skull Hit by moving machinery None 1 January 1983 to 31 March 1983 1 Male 16 Head injuries Road traffic accident None 1 April 1983 to 30 June 1983 1 Male 17 Multiple injuries Tractor accident * 1 July 1983 to 30 September 1983 1 Male 17 Drowned Lunch time swimming accident None * Industrial death benefit was paid but exact amount could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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Youth Training Scheme Period Number of fatalities Sex Age Cause of death Circumstances Amount of Industrial Death Benefit paid 1 April 1983 to 30 June 1983 1 Female 16 Multiple injuries Road traffic accident £78 1 July 1983 to 30 September 1983 1 Male 17 Multiple injuries Accident on residential outdoor activity None 1 October 1983 to 31 December 1983 1 Male 16 Multiple injuries to head & body Fork lift truck accident None 1 January 1984 to 31 March 1984 1 Female 17 Multiple injuries Tractor accident £78 1 July 1984 to 30 September 1984 3 Male 16 Internal Haemorrhage Road traffic accident £78 Male 16 Multiple injuries Road traffic accident None Male 16 Multiple injuries Dumper truck over-turned £52 1 January 1985 to 31 March 1985 2 Female 17 Multiple burns Clothing caught fire £78 Male 17 Asphyxiation Trapped under vehicle after jack collapsed £78 1 July 1985 to 30 September 1985 2 Male 16 Electrocution Electrocuted working with a steam cleaner None Female 16 Mulitple injuries Road traffic accident £78