§ Mr. Andrew F. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how much was spent by the Health and Safety Executive on publicising availability of the registers of all improvement and prohibition notices in health and safety area offices, for the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. NichollsThere has been no direct expenditure on publicising the additional registers of enforcement notices with public safety implications set up at area offices of the Health and Safety Executive under the provisions of the Environment and Safety Information Act 1988 which came into force on 1 April 1989. Athough the Act made no provision for paid publicity, the executive has dealt with large numbers of inquiries from the media and secured extensive free publicity for both the new and pre-existing registers as part of its continuing task of publicising the Health and Safety Commission's publicly declared policy of openness.
§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the level of funding to the Health and Safety Executive with responsibility for Wales for each year since 1975, expressed at 1975 prices.
§ Mr. Nicholls[holding answer 15 November 1989]: Funding provision for the Health and Safety Commission and Executive is not made separately for Wales.