HC Deb 12 December 1990 vol 182 cc410-1W
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what arrangements exist for the provision of an occupational health service for employees within his Department; and(a) how many staff are employed to provide occupational health services, (b) how many of those staff are qualified nurses and (c) how many employees work in his Department in total.

Mr. Leigh

My Department uses the civil service occupational health service which employs some 100 fully qualified occupational health professionals—doctors, nurses and hygiene and safety advisers. The current total number of staff working for DTI is 12,345.