§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current distribution of the toxic substances bulletin published by the Health and Safety Executive; and what assessment he has made of the benefits to health and safety at work of the bulletin.
§ Mr. ForthThe latest available figures—April 1991—show that there are 2,280 subscribers who receive a total of 2,608 copies of the Health and Safety Executive's toxic substances bulletin. There is also an internal distribution within Government Departments.
It is a statutory duty of the Health and Safety Commission to make appropriate arrangements for
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Department of Trade and Industry expenditure budget after Revised and Summer Supplementary Estimates 1990–91 and 1991–92 £ million all figures are net 1990–91 provision 1991–92 provision cash terms 1991–92 provision real terms Increase/decrease in real (1990) terms VOTE 1 Central government's own expenditure: Regional and general industrial support Regional development grants, Regional selective assistance and Selective assistance 215.4 156.6 146.4 -69.0 Support for aerospace, shipbuilding and steel manufacture Aerospace support and Assistance to the shipbuilding and steel industries1(net of aerospace repayments) 155.9 91.9 85.9 -70.1 Central government grants to local authorities: Regional development grants 0.1 0.0 0 0 0.0 Regional selective assistance 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Total Vote 1 371.4 248.5 232.2 -139.1 VOTE 2 Central government's own expenditure: Regional and general support Business development and Inner cities initiatives (including Regional enterprise grants) 85.9 80.5 75.2 -10.7 providing relevant information to those concerned with health and safety at work. The bulletin has proved to be a useful tool in providing information about current developments on toxic substances, both in the United Kingdom and the European Community, in an easily accessible format. I have arranged for copies of the most recent edition to be placed in the Library of this House.