§ Mr. Barry Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the statistics for accidents among local government employees over the last five years; and what information he has on rates of accidents in comparable activities in the private sector.
§ Mr. CopeThe table gives the available information.
Reported Occupational Injuries to Employees in Local Government Service, Great Britain1 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Fatal injuries 14 13 11 10 8 Major injuries 1,006 852 987 876 867 Over 3-day accidents 41,848 40,278 ¨ ¨ ¨ 1 As defined in the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1980 and reported to relevant enforcing authorities. ¨ not available, because the industrial injury benefit scheme, which was the source of this information, effectively ceased in April 1983. The category of employees in local government service is as defined in MLH 906 of the 1968 standard industrial classification. Information for comparable activities within the private sector could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Data collected under the new reporting regulations, which came into force in April 1986 are not yet available.