HC Deb 04 December 1987 vol 123 cc775-6W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what special sales have been approved by the management committee of the European Economic Community o ver the past 12 months; and if he will publish

Commodity Date Quantity (tonnes) Counlry of destination Sale price p/lb equivalent
Wheat November 1986 375,000 Algeria/Egypt 12.0
Wheat September 1987 650,000 USSR 11.6
Wheat November 1987 975,000 USSR 12.1
Barley September 1987 850,000 USSR 11.3
Butter February 1987 35,000 USSR 26.5
Butter February 1987 65,000 USSR 16.5
Butter March 1987 181,500 USSR 26.0
Butter April 1987 18,500 USSR 26.0
Butter November 1987 200,100 USSR 26.0
Beef December 1986-November 1987 12,000 Peru 328.2–36.4

Accident rate (number per 100,000 employees)
Year Construction Manufacturing
Fatal1 Major Fatal1 Major
1981 9.7 155.6 2.1 69.2
1982 9.7 188.5 2.5 72.8
1983 11.6 213.2 2.2 79.9
1984 9.8 225.2 2.7 89.9
1985 10.5 225.8 2.4 93.0
1986–87p2 9.2 260.2 2.3 136.7
1 As defined in the reporting regulations, 1981–1985 (NADOR) and 1986–87 (RIDDOR), the RIDDOR definition is wider than that under NADOR.
(p = provisional).
2 On 1 April 1986 the basis of HSE's statistics changed from calender to planning (1 April to 31 March) years.