HC Deb 26 April 1990 vol 171 cc321-2W
Mr. Strang

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many agricultural premises there were in each of the past 15 years; and how many of these were visited by Her Majesty's agriculture inspectorate in each year.

Mr. Nicholls

The following table shows the number of workplaces registered with the Health and Safety Executive's agricultural inspectorate (AI) from 1984 to 1989 and the total number of visits made by AI inspectors between 1 April and 31 March for the years stated. Figures for earlier years are not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Year Number of workplaces registered Number of visits
1983–84 266,000 (1 January 1984) 30,105
1984–85 319,567(31 March 1985) 32,174
1985–86 311,558 (31 March 1986) 33,234
1986–87 309,223 (31 March 1987) 35,011
1987–88 297,051 (31 March 1988) 36,246
1988–89 282,374 (July 1989) 36,707