HC Deb 10 May 1991 vol 190 cc632-4W
Mr. Tony Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many factory and agricultural inspectors have been recruited in each of the years 1978 to 1990.

Mr. Forth

The available figures are as follows:

Year Factory inspectors Agricultural inspectors
19851 27 7
1986 44 20
1987 33 0
1988 44 12
1989 56 14
1990 56 16
TOTAL 260 69
1 Centrally held recruitment figures are not available before 1985.

Mr. Tony Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many factory inspectors 1 B, with more than two years' experience in the grade, resigned in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and the first three months of 1991.

Mr. Forth

The number of factory inspectors 1B with more than two years' experience in the grade who resigned in the years in question are as follows:

Number
1987 22
1988 14
1989 12
1990 13
11991 5
1 January to March.