§ Mr. Andrew F. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his answer of 23 November,Official Report, columns 19–20, how many actual training days have been organised, and on what dates, for factory inspectors, on each of these three sets of new regulations in 1989; and how many are planned for 1990.
§ Mr. NichollsForty-three training days on the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations were organised for factory inspectors on the following dates in 1989:4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26 and 661W 27 April, 3, 4, 9 and 10 May, 3, 5 and 10 October. None are planned in 1990. Thirty-one training days on the Control of Noise at Work Regulations were organised for factory inspectors on the following dates in 1989: 8, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 29 and 30 November and 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14 and 15 December. One training day has been organised on 30 January 1990. No training days on the Electricity at Work Regulations were organised for factory inspectors in 1989. Training days for inspectors are planned for early 1990 but the dates have not yet been arranged.
§ Mr. Andrew F. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of the annual revenue budget of the Health and Safety Executive, excluding staff salaries, was spent on training of staff, in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. NichollsThe percentage of the Health and Safety Executive's annual revenue budget (that is, excluding capital expenditure) less expenditure on salaries, spent on training courses and related travel and subsistence costs over the last five years was as follows:
Per cent. 1984–85 1.8 1985–86 2.5 1986–87 3.1 1987–88 3.5 1988–89 3.5