§ Mr. DoranTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the cost to the Health and Safety Commission under paragraph (e) of the agreement between them and the Department of Energy in respect of the exercise of the Commission's functions under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 for each year since the agreement came into operation.
§ Mr. NichollsThe sums paid each year by the Health and Safety Commission to the Department of Energy under paragraph (e) of the agreement are as follows:
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£(000) 11977–78 111 1978–79 214 1979–80 282 1980–81 421 1981–82 503 1982–83 461 1983–84 466 1984–85 505 1985–86 557 1986–87 606 1987–88 553 1 September 1977 to 31 March 1978. In addition—following extension of the Department's responsibilities under the agreement to include advising on policy, particularly the development of regulations, approved codes and other material under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act—a PES transfer of £0.1 million was made from the Commission to the Department in 1981.
Table A Parliamentary Constituencies with a fall in unemployment of less than 10 per cent. between August 1984 and August 1988 Unemployed claimants Parliamentary Constituencies August 1984 August 1988 Change Percent change % Kincardine and Deeside 1,680 1,963 283 16.9 Western Isles 1,879 2,115 236 12.6 Gordon 1,907 2,063 156 8.2 Aberdeen South 2,821 2,976 155 5.5 Kirkcaldy 4,179 4,338 159 3.8 Orkney and Shetland 1,304 1,352 48 3.7 Wansbeck 4,272 4,393 121 2.8 Aberdeen North 3,393 3,466 73 2.2 Mansfield 4,680 4,747 67 1.4 Barnsley West and Penistone 4,547 4,567 20 .4 Sherwood 4,004 4,005 1 .0 Edinburgh Central 4,737 4,714 -23 -.5 Dunfermline East 4,134 4,073 -61 -1.5 Moray 3,256 3,164 -92 -2.8 Hemsworth 4,628 4,488 -140 -3.0 Barnsley Central 5,187 4,960 -227 -4.4 Bassetlaw 4,715 4,498 -217 -4.6 Liverpool Mossley Hill 6,668 6,361 -307 -4.6 Central Fife 5,093 4,836 -257 -5.1 Greenock and Port Glasgow 7,598 7,181 -417 -5.5 Argyll and Bute 2,947 2,782 -165 -5.6 Glasgow Hillhead 5,465 5,157 -308 -5.6 Inverness Nairn and Lochabaer 4,874 4,591 -283 -5.8 Edinburgh Leith 6,088 5,695 -393 -6.5 North East Derbyshire 4,847 4,530 -317 -6.5 Morecambe and Lunesdale 3,468 3,240 -228 -6.6 Banff and Buchan 2,922 2,728 -194 -6.6 Berwick-upon-Tweed 2,869 2,678 -191 -6.7 Carmarthen 3,540 3,301 -239 -6.8 East Lothian 3,722 3,469 -253 -6.8 Liverpool Broadgreen 7,734 7,202 -532 -6.9 Barnsley East 4,832 4,494 -338 -7.0 Glasgow Central 7,079 6,571 -508 -7.2 Glasgow Maryhill 7,529 6,965 -564 -7.5 Southwark and Bermondsey 6,566 6,051 -515 -7.8 Ceredigion and Pembroke North 3,469 3,183 -286 -8.2 Rother Valley 5,151 4,725 -426 -8.3 Ashfield 4,680 4,288 -392 -8.4 Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 3,390 3,098 -292 -8.6 Bethnal Green and Stepney 7,365 6,707 -658 -8.9 Selby 2,914 2,651 -263 -9.0