§ Mr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many inspectors there were in the Health and Safety Executive on 1 December 1979, 1 January 1980 and 1 December 1989, in the agriculture, general factory, specialist factory, explosives, industrial air pollution, mines and quarries, and nuclear inspectorates; and what was the total number of Health and Safety Executive inspectors on each of these dates.
§ Mr. NichollsThe total number of inspectors in(a) the Health and Safety Executive's inspectorates; and (b) the total number of inspectors in HSE on 1 December 1979, 1 January 1980 and 1 December 1989 were as follows:
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1 December 1979 1 January 1980 1 December 1989 (a) Total inspectors in Inspectorates Agricultural 188 188 162 Factory 709.5 703.5 582 Specialist1 211 210 184.5 Explosives1 13 13 11 Industrial Air Pollution2 48 48 — Mines and Quarries3 115 114 — Mines — — 13 Quarries — — 47 Nuclear Installations 93 92 150 (b) Total inspectors in HSE1 1,449.5 1,442.5 1,221.5
1 Specialist inspectors (including Explosives inspectors) are currently in HSE's Technology Division. Prior to 1 July 1985 specialists formed part of HSE's Factory Inspectorate. 2 Industrial Air Pollution Inspectorate transferred to the Department of the Environment on 1 April 1987. 3 On 1 October 1989 the Mines and Quarries Inspectorates were separated. 4 Include those working outside their Inspectorates on eg line management duties, contributing to policy or technical standards work.
§ Mr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how much money was received by the Health and Safety Executive for each financial year since 1979; and how much was asked for by the Health and Safety Executive in each of those years.
§ Mr. NichollsGross financial provision to the Health and Safety Commission for each financial year since 1979, expressed at 1989–90 price levels, is as follows:
£(000)s 1979–80 108,363 1980–81 121,934 1981–82 122,363 1982–83 118,265 1983–84 122,426 1984–85 119,576 1985–86 119,000 1986–87 116,315 1987–88 117,718 1988–89 117,086 1989–90 118,290 Figures have been adjusted for purposes of comparison, to remove provision during 1981–82 to 1984–85 for HSE's dispersal to Bootle and provision for the industrial air pollutant inspectorate until it was transferred to the Department of the Environment in 1987.
Discussions regarding funding for the Health and Safety Commission are confidential and take place in the context of the annual public expenditure survey.
§ Mr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of staff employed by the Health and Safety Executive on 1 December 1979., 1 January 1980 and 1 December 1989.
§ Mr. NichollsThe total number of staff, including casuals, employed by the Health and Safety Executive on 1 December 1979, 1 January 1980 and 1 December 1989 was as follows:
1 December 1979 1 January 1980 1 December 1989 4,226 4,206.5 3,682