HC Deb 27 June 1988 vol 136 cc67-8W
Mr. Strang

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many factory inspectors were employed by the Health and Safety Executive in each region, for each from 1980 to 1987.

Mr. Nicholls

The Health and Safety Executive operates through an area office network. The number of factory inspectors employed in each area for each year from 1980 to 1987 is as follows:

Mr. Wyn Roberts

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Caernarfon (Mr. Wigley) on 25 April.

Mr. John D. Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are his estimates of the percentage of people in Wales who(a) use the Welsh Gaelic as their first language and (b) have a fluent knowledge of Welsh Gaelic.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

Nineteen per cent. of residents (aged three or over) of Wales were recorded as Welsh speakers at the time of the 1981 Census. Information is not collected on the fluency of Welsh speakers nor on which language is used as a first language.