§ Mr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of inspectors at the Health and Safety Executive in each year since 1979; what are the projected figures for each year until 1991; and whether he will list these figures broken down into factory, specialist, agricultural, mines and quarries, nuclear installations and explosives inspectorates.
§ Mr. Nicholls[holding answer 22 March 1988]: The total number of inspectors employed by the Health and Safety Executive since 1979 is as follows:
165WThe planned figures for 1988–89 are as follows:
Figures HM Factory Inspectors 649 Specialist Inspectors 216 HM Agricultural Inspectors 166 HM Inspectors of Mines and Quarries 77 HM Nuclear Installations Inspectors 121 Explosives Inspectors 18 Total 1,247 Figures for the years beyond 1998–89 are not available.