§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in theOfficial Report (a) the number of people killed and (b) the number of people injured in accidents at work (i) in Scotland and (ii) in the United Kingdom, in each year since 1978.
§ Mr. NichollsThe available information for accidents reported to Her Majesty's Factory and Agricultural Inspectorates and to the local authorities in Scotland and Great Britain as a whole is as follows.
Nunbers of reported occupational injuries to employees in Scotland Year 1Death 2Major injury 3Abscence from work of over three days 19786 59 — 25,999 19796 72 — 24,157 19806 49 — 21,732 1981 57 1,209 38,080 1982 57 1,228 34,181 1983 55 1,160 — 1984 47 1,154 — 1985 37 1,159 — 1986–87 (p)4 39 51,793 13,550 Numbers of reported occupational injuries to employees in Great Britain 19787 433 — 269,123 19797 433 — 250,465 19807 411 — 210.290 1981 355 11,079 359,251 1982 368 11,084 327,806 1983 366 11,270 — 1984 361 11,853 — 1985 321 12,112 — 1986–87 (p)4 314 518,567 141,225 —not available. p provisional. 1 Includes fatal injuries to members of the public arising from work activity, only for those fatal injuries reported to Local Authorities in 1981–1985. 2 As defined in the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations, 1980. (NADOR). 3 For 1981–82, injuries resulting in claims for industrial injury benefit. From 1983 to 1985 figures are not available as Industrial Injury Benefit ceased in 1983. From April 1986 injuries reported under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985 (RIDDOR). These figures are not comparable with previous figures. 4 Year commencing 1 April 1986 when RIDDOR came into force. 5 The definition of major injury for 1986–87 is given in the RIDDO Regulations and is wider that that specified under NADOR. 6 For Scotland, injuries in 1978–80 are those reported to Factory Inspectorate only. 7 For Great Britain, injuries reported in 1978–80 are those to Factory and Agricultural Inspectorate only. Figures for Northern Ireland are a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.