§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Stretford, 24 April,Official Report, columns 170–1, if he will list (a) the number of trainees as part of the total number of inspectors within the Health and Safety Executive and (b) as a proportion of all inspectors for 1974–1989, inclusive.
§ Mr. NichollsThe table shows(a) total inspectors within HSE and (b) trainee inspectors included in the total, for each year since 1977. For earlier years, figures for trainees could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Only two grades of staff in the Health and Safety Executive are designated as training grades: factory inspectors class II (for their first two years) and assistant agricultural inspectors (first three years). There are no trainee grades for mines, quarries, nuclear or specialist inspectors, who are recruited for their specialist knowledge and whose initial training varies according to their needs. Accordingly it would not be meaningful to express trainees as a proportion of total inspectors.
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(a) Total inspectors within HSE2 (b) Of which trainee inspectors3 41977 1349.5 213 1978 1392.5 179 1979 1388.5 114 1980 1441.5 140 1981 1405.5 101 1982 1331.5 29 1983 1281.0 — 1984 1247.0 — 1985 1237.0 45 1986 1231.5 91 11987 1241.0 117 1988 1170.5 102 1989 1188.0 99 1 The Industrial Air Pollution Inspectorate transferred to the Department of the Environment on 1 April 1987. 2 The total number of HSE inspectors includes those working outside inspectorates eg contributing to policy, standards work etc. 3 The figure for 1977 includes trainee factory inspectors at 1 April. The figure for 1987 includes trainee factory inspectors at 31 March. 4 1 March.
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment for each of the years 1974 to 1989 inclusive if he will give(a) the number of prosecutions passed on from the Health and Safety Executive to the Crown prosecution service and (b) the results of these prosecutions.
§ Mr. NichollsRecords are not kept of Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecutions passed to the Crown prosecution service for its consideration. Most health and safety prosecutions are undertaken by HSE inspectors.
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many(a) female and (b) male employees were covered by the Control of Lead at Work Regulations 1980; and what was the number of (a) and (b) suspended because of high blood lead levels for each year 1980 to 1989.
§ Mr. NichollsThere is no requirement for employers to notify the number of persons in their employ covered by the Control of Lead at Work Regulations. However, the number of workers under medical surveillance under the regulations from 1982 onwards are available and are given in the table. Additionally, the table gives details of the number of persons suspended under the regulations from 1982.
Year Workers under medical surveillance Suspension from work with lead Male Female Male Female 1982 20,948 1,269 258 33 1983 22,121 1,333 198 20 1984 22,771 1,651 254 62 1985 23,382 1,550 183 37 19861 23,002 1,543 351 57 1987–882 22,132 1,423 388 33 1988–892 23,246 1,313 340 12 1 In 1986 there was a reduction in the maximum blood lead levels for suspension for work with lead. 2 Year commencing 1 April.
§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of(a) industrial deaths, (b) HSE prosecutions, (c) the fines for these deaths and (d) the verdicts at an inquest for each of the years 1974 to 1989, inclusive.
§ Mr. NichollsThe number of industrial deaths for the years 1975 to 1988–89 is shown in the table. The other information requested is not readily available and can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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Fatal injuries arising from work activity reported1 to HSC/E enforcing authorities—Great Britain Number of fatal injuries Year Employees Self employed Non-employed 1974 651 .. .. 1975 620 .. .. 1976 584 .. .. 1977 524 .. .. 1978 2622 .. .. 1979 2615 .. .. 1980 2579 .. .. 1981 441 54 71 1982 472 48 83 1983 448 65 85 1984 438 60 105 1985 400 71 159 1986–873 355 52 92
Number of fatal injuries Year Employees Self employed Non-employed 1987–883 360 84 113 1988–89p3 4521 79 110 .. = not available. p = provisional. 1 Fatal injuries reported to enforcing authorities under various legislation eg the Factories Act 1961, Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 for the years 1974 to 1980; under the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulation, 1980 (NADOR) for the years 1981 to 1985 and under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulation, 1985 (RIDDOR) for subsequent years. 2 Includes a number of injuries to non-employees not covered by existing legislation but which were voluntarily reported to enforcing authorities. 3 Year commencing 1 April. 4 Includes the 167 fatal injuries arising from the Piper Alpha disaster.