HC Deb 21 February 1990 vol 167 c829W
Mr. Bill Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many factory premises are registered with the factory inspectorate in each of the Health and Safety Executive's geographical areas and were registered with the factory inspectorate in each of the last five years; and for each Health and Safety Executive area, how many trained factory inspectors were employed in each area in each of the last five years.

1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
HSE Geographical area Number of fixed premises1 Number of trained inspectors (May)2 Number of fixed premises1 Number of trained inspectors (April) Number of fixed premises Number of trained inspectors (April) Number of fixed premises Number of trained inspectors (April) Number of fixed premises Number of trained inspectors (April)
South West — 25.0 — 22.0 21,281 22.0 20,788 21.5 20,759 21.0
South — 24.0 — 23.5 27,342 24.5 27,028 22.5 27,113 22.0
South East — 22.0 — 19.0 25,312 22.5 25,506 23.0 25,404 22.5
London North — 32.5 — 32.5 30,962 32.0 31,197 29.0 30,869 28.5
London South — 32.5 — 29.0 19,271 29.0 19,003 31.0 18,747 32.0
East Anglia — 23.5 — 22.0 20,610 18.5 20,550 19.5 20,123 19.5
North Home Counties — 19.0 — 20.0 17,964 21.5 18,166 19.5 17,887 18.5
East Midlands — 22.0 — 22.0 19,277 22.0 19,542 21.5 19,857 21.0
West Midlands — 29.0 — 26.0 19,948 27.0 19,308 29.0 18,502 24.0
Wales — 21.0 — 19.0 18,378 20.0 18,544 21.5 18,957 21.0
Marches — 22.0 — 22.5 15,886 19.5 16,074 21.0 16,165 20.5
North Midlands — 24.0 — 20.0 16,245 20.0 16,095 17.0 16,608 190
South Yorkshire and Humberside — 23.5 — 22.5 17,260 21.5 16,632 21.0 16,058 24.0
West and North Yorkshire — 32.5 — 30.5 23,973 28.5 24,067 27.0 24,107 28.0
Greater Manchester — 30.5 — 25.5 16,404 24.5 16,902 22.0 17,345 22.5
Merseyside — 23.0 — 22.0 16,503 19.0 17,003 23.5 16,912 21.0
North West — 26.0 — 21.0 18,208 21.0 18,453 21.0 18,718 22.5
North East — 31.0 — 28.0 16,416 26.0 16,580 20.5 16,814 23.5
Scotland East — 25.0 — 22.0 20,192 20.0 20,357 18.5 20,302 20.5
Scotland West — 26.0 — 23.0 20,383 21.0 20,128 23.0 19,757 19.5
Totals 395,860 514.0 399,885 472.0 401,815 460.0 401,923 452.5 401,004 451.0
1 Information by Area not readily available.
2 May 1985 is the earliest date on which trained and trainee inspector numbers can be split by area.