§ Mr. Bill MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many factory premises were newly registered with each of the Health and Safety Executive's area offices in 1989, 1988 and 1987, based on information contained in the Health and Safety Executive's shield database.
§ Mr. NichollsThe information is not available in the form requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Bill MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what evidence the Heath and Safety 335W Executive possesses as to the proportion of factory premises which are not registered with the factory inspectorate and the proportion of factory employees who work in unregistered premises.
§ Mr. NichollsIt is not possible to state the proportion of premises which are not registered or the proportion of factory employees who work in unregistered premises. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is aware that some firms fail to register their manufacturing premises with it as required under section 137 of the Factories Act 1961. HSE's factory inspectorate aims to spend a proportion of its resources each year on the identification and inspection of unregistered workplaces as part of its programme of preventive inspection.