§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give a breakdown of the number of accidents that have occurred on employment training since its inception in the categories covered by "Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences, 1985"; and if he will express this also as a percentage per 100,000 trainees.
§ Mr. NichollsThe table gives the numbers of fatal, major and minor accidents reportable under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985 which have occurred to trainees on employment training since the inception of the programme on 5 September 1988. Accident rates are expressed as an annual rate per 100,000 trainees.
Number of Accidents Accident Rate/100,000 (provisional) Fatal Nil Nil Major 83 74 Minor 452 403