HC Deb 23 January 1990 vol 165 c631W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what records are kept by the mines inspectorate.

Mr. Nicholls

The mines inspectorate keeps records under the following general subject headings:

Accidents

  • Whether fatal or major, date, time, description of injury and details of dangerous occurences.

Premise

  • Address, premise type, names of officials, reports of inspections at premises.

Registers

  • Complaints received, exemptions issued, equipment approvals issued.

Prosecutions

  • Date case heard, number of charges laid, result, fines imposed.

Notices

  • Number of Improvement and Prohibition notices issued and to whom.

Circulars

  • Internal instructions and information circulars issued; publications circulated.

Abandoned mine plans

  • Number of Ordnance survey sheets, relevant county, renovation status.

In addition, administrative records are kept as appropriate.