§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of safety reports, under regulation 7(i) of the Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazard Regulations 1984, submitted to each Health and Safety Executive region before 8 July 1989 and the number of site occupiers who have still to receive a confirmatory letter from the Health and Safety Executive stating that the report has been examined, that selective inspections based on the report have been completed and that the report will now be used as a reference document in future inspections.
Mr. Jackson[holding answer 11 December 1991]: Only information about safety reports submitted to the Health and Safety Executive by August 1989 is readily available centrally. Details of those submitted before 8 July 1989 can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
532WBy August 1989, HSE had received 331 such reports. The following table shows a breakdown by the HSE regions:
Number Wales and the South West 45 London and the South East 14 Home Countries 24 Midlands 21 Yorkshire and the North East 105 North West 57 Scotland 65 All these reports have received an initial evaluation. A total of 104 safety reports received by HSE have been assessed as satisfying the requirements of schedule 6 of the regulations following examination on a multidisciplinary basis. Some of the 104 reports may have been received by HSE after August 1989, but the exact number received before that date could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.