§ Mr. FlanneryTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many improvement notices for each of the last 10 years have been issued against employers 597W relating to the control of noise at work for each of the geographical areas of, respectively, the factory inspectorate, mines and quarries inspectorate, agricultural inspectorate, and railway inspectorate.
Improvement notices issued by Her Majesty's factory inspectorate and agricultural inspectorate* against employers1 where subject of offence/requirement of notice-noise, 1981–1988/89p Year of issue HSE area 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 Q1/19862 1986–873 1987–883 1988–89p3 South West 1 — 2 6 6 2 2 4 1 South 1 — 1 1 1 1 1 1 — South East — 1 2 13 14 3 7 4 2 Greater London 7 2 3 18 7 3 8 10 10 East Anglia — 1 — 4 16 — 7 7 7 Northern Home Counties — — 1 4 2 — — — — East Midlands 3 4 4 14 11 3 4 6 4 West Midlands 2 — 2 19 8 2 2 4 — Wales 3 2 3 1 — — 1 — — Marches — — *1 3 2 1 — 7 1 1 North Midlands 3 3 2 — — — — 1 1 South Yorkshire and Humberside 4 2 6 9 17 1 6 3 *10 3 *6 West and North Yorkshire — 4 2 1 6 — — 4 3 Greater Manchester 2 3 4 9 4 — 2 2 1 Merseyside — 1 5 3 1 — 4 1 1 North West 1 — 2 3 3 1 1 1 2 North East 2 4 4 9 23 4 4 *1 5 2 Scotland East 9 29 16 14 6 1 8 *1 7 3 Scotland West 6 1 3 1 7 — 2 — 5 Total 44 57 *1 65 131 133 21 66 *2 61 *10 46 *6 p = Provisional. * Figures for numbers of notices issued by agricultural inspectorate are indicated by an asterisk. 1 Notices issued against all persons excluding employees. 2 1st quarter (January-March). 3 Year commencing 1 April Mines and quarries inspectorate and railway inspectorate issued no improvement notices.
§ Mr. FlanneryTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many prohibition notices have been issued against employers relating to the control of noise at work for each of the geographical areas of factory inspectorate, mines and quarries inspectorate, agricultural inspectorate and railway inspectorate.
§ Mr. NichollsThe figures cover the period 1981–1989. Information in the form requested is not available for 1979 and 1980.
The following prohibition notices were issued by the factory inspectorate:
- 1981 None
- 1982 None
- 1983 3 in Scotland West
- 1984 1 in South West
- 1 in South East
- 1 in Scotland East
- 1 in Scotland West
- 1985 None
- Q1. 1986 1 in Scotland West
- 1986–87 1 in Greater London
- 2 in Scotland East
- 1987–88 1 in Scotland East
- 1988–89 1 in North Midlands
- 1 in South Yorkshire and Humberside
Notes:
1. No prohibition notices were issued for noise related offences by HSE's agricultural inspectorate, and mines and quarries inspectorate or by the railway inspectorate during the period 1981–1989.
§ Mr. FlanneryTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many prosecutions have beeen taken against employers for each of the last 10 years relating to control of noise at work for each of the geographical areas of factory inspectorate, mines and quarries inspectorate, agricultural inspectorate, and railway inspectorate.
§ Mr. NichollsThe figures cover the period 1981–1989.
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§ Mr. NichollsThe figures cover the period 1981–89.Information in the form requested is not available for 1979 and 1980.
Information in the form requested is not available for 1979 and 1980
The following informations were laid by the factory inspectorate in respect of noise-related offences:
- 1981 1 information laid in Scotland West
- 1982 None
- 1983 1 information laid in W & N Yorkshire
- 1984 1 information laid in W & N Yorkshire
- 1 information laid in Scotland West
- 1985 None
- 1986 None
- 1986–87 None
- 1987–88 1 information laid in East Anglia
- 1 information laid in North East
- 1988–89 1 information laid in S Yorkshire and Humberside
- 1 information laid in W & N Yorkshire
Notes:
1. No proceedings were instituted for noise related offences by HSE's agricultural inspectorate, and mines and quarries inspectorate during the period 1981–89, or by the railway inspectorate.
2. The legislation under which this action was taken has recently been strengthened by the addition of new Noise at Work Regulations (SI 1989 No. 1790) coming into force next January, reflecting the Government's commitment to controlling noise at work.