§ Mr. McFallTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many inspections of food premises have been carried out by each local authority in England under the Food Safety Act 1990; and how many of those inspections have resulted in(a) the issuing of improvement and emergency prohibition notices, (b) informal warning letters of (c) the voluntary closures of companies.
§ Mr. SoamesAt present information is available only for 1991. This is given in the table1.
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Enforcement authority Number of inspections of food premises2 Number of establishments subject to Issue of improvement notices Issue of emergency prohibition notices Written warnings Closures (voluntary and compulsory) Cheshire3 459 0 0 62 0 Cleveland3 864 0 0 44 0 Cornwall3 363 0 0 0 0 Cumbria 741 0 0 90 0 Derbyshire3 851 0 0 167 0 Devon 4,694 0 0 0 0 Dorset3 623 0 0 0 0 Durham 943 0 0 13 0 East Sussex3 405 0 0 0 0 Essex 500 0 0 66 0 Gloucestershire 356 0 0 45 0 Hampshire3 3,435 0 0 5 0 Hereford and Worcester 583 0 0 231 0 Hertfordshire3 578 0 0 0 0 Humberside3 1,277 0 0 15 0 Isle of Wight 144 0 0 0 0 Kent 3,286 0 0 91 0 Lancashire3 1,350 0 0 497 0 Leicestershire 1,071 0 0 120 0 Lincolnshire 502 0 0 10 0 Norfolk 837 0 0 40 0 Northamptonshire3 301 0 0 0 0 Northumberland3 297 0 0 0 0 North Yorkshire3 155 0 0 0 0 Nottinghamshire 723 0 0 23 0 Oxfordshire 279 0 0 0 0 Shropshire3 630 0 0 154 0 Somerset 430 0 0 8 0 Staffordshire3 182 0 0 0 0 Suffolk3 130 0 0 4 0 Surrey3 969 0 0 0 0 Warwickshire3 851 0 0 10 0 West Sussex3 772 0 0 0 0 Wiltshire3 889 0 0 0 0
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English district Enforcement authority Number of inspections of food premises2 Number of establishment subject to Issue of improvement notices Issue of emergency prohibition notices Written warnings Closures (voluntary and compulsory) Adur 159 2 0 10 0 Allerdale3 224 36 0 114 0 Alnwick3 137 26 0 16 0 Amber Valley3 707 15 0 644 0 Arun 838 19 0 31 12 Ashfield3 279 25 1 168 1 Ashford 634 86 0 230 0 Aylesbury Vale3 446 33 0 136 2 Babergh3 276 11 0 66 0 Barrow-in-Furness3 536 87 1 240 0 Basildon 446 26 1 131 2 Basingstoke and Deane3 593 89 0 536 0 Bassetlaw3 636 78 0 79 0 Bath City3 187 20 0 20 0 Berwick-upon-Tweed3 97 0 0 1 0 Beverley 940 6 0 97 0 Blaby 547 12 0 132 0 Blackburn3 424 220 0 159 0 Blackpool 280 69 2 171 9 Blyth Valley3 127 13 0 190 0 Bolsover3 200 32 0 227 0 Boothferry 523 48 1 542 6 Boston 512 5 1 205 0 Bournemouth 906 19 0 865 0 Bracknell Forest3 302 1 0 0 2 Braintree3 181 2 0 179 0 Breckland 390 8 0 174 0 Brent wood 419 50 0 73 0 Bridgnorth3 148 15 0 128 0 Brighton 814 78 1 0 1 Bristol City 832 175 4 564 0 Broadland3 673 7 1 161 4
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Enforcement authority Number of inspections of food premises2 Number of establishment subject to Issue of improvement notices Issue of emergency prohibition notices Written warnings Closures (voluntary and compulsory) Bromsgrove3 217 5 0 130 0 Broxbourne3 485 31 0 378 0 Broxtowe3 577 72 0 475 0 Burnley3 268 87 1 60 1 Cambridge City 1,163 78 1 802 0 Cannock Chase3 228 1 0 67 0 Canterbury City3 1,280 148 0 1,010 0 Caradon3 538 4 0 377 0 Carlisle City 716 122 10 417 0 Carrick3 768 8 0 632 0 Castle Morpeth 748 213 0 179 0 Castlepoint 458 39 0 243 0 Charnwood3 656 1 0 628 0 Chelmsford3 930 25 0 178 2 Cheltenham 368 14 1 267 1 Cherwell 927 282 0 67 0 Chester City 1,476 53 0 925 0 Chester-le-Street3 31 6 4 20 0 Chesterfield3 297 29 0 299 0 Chichester3 918 50 0 313 0 Chiltern3 428 15 0 190 3 Chorley3 272 86 0 65 0 Christchurch3 55 12 0 30 0 Cleethorpes3 371 35 0 407 1 Colchester 608 102 0 142 2 Congleton3 334 12 0 15 0 Copeland3 403 28 0 246 0 Corby3 177 22 2 143 2 Cotswold3 666 52 0 529 1 Craven3 373 7 0 187 0 Crawley 643 4 0 132 0 Crewe and Nantwich3 242 32 0 139 1 Dacorum 650 5 0 82 0 Darlington 243 5 0 175 0 Dartford3 346 7 0 173 0 Daventry 362 46 1 178 0 Derby City3 272 93 4 272 4 Derbyshire Dales3 584 63 0 163 0 Derwentside3 683 7 0 94 0 Dover3 381 23 0 93 0 Durham City3 97 0 0 127 0 Easington3 206 73 1 148 0 East Cambridgeshire3 500 3 0 99 0 East Devon 996 112 0 269 1 East Dorset3 241 34 0 187 0 East Hampshire 688 15 0 144 0 East Hertfordshire 445 44 0 319 0 East Lindsey3 838 14 1 250 1 East Northamptonshire3 251 46 0 56 0 East Staffordshire 845 74 1 888 1 East Yorkshire3 1,211 24 0 228 0 Eastbourne3 754 9 0 436 0 Eastleigh 606 27 0 262 0 Eden3 696 14 0 195 0 Ellesmere Port and Neston 369 0 0 131 0 Elmbridge3 55 20 0 28 1 Epping Forest3 489 28 2 383 2 Epsom and Ewell3 55 1 0 20 0 Erewash3 573 68 0 274 0 Exeter City3 584 32 0 56 0 Fareham 544 57 0 399 0 Fenland3 440 29 0 293 0 Forest Heath 398 8 0 104 0 Forest of Dean3 789 18 0 291 0 Fylde3 355 115 0 144 0 Gedling 983 12 0 634 0 Gillingham3 307 63 0 209 0 Glanford3 146 20 0 80 0 Gloucester City3 284 1 0 128 0 Gosport 321 24 0 178 0 Gravesham3 671 117 0 346 0 Great Grimsby3 1,332 3 0 477 0 Great Yarmouth3 1,059 163 0 682 3 Guildford 585 135 2 207 2
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Enforcement authority Number of inspections of food premises2 Number of establishment subject to Issue of improvement notices Issue of emergency prohibition notices Written warnings Closures (voluntary and compulsory) Halton3 333 20 0 182 1 Hambleton3 186 62 0 45 0 Harborough 406 0 0 164 0 Harlow3 173 24 2 76 2 Harrogate3 843 142 0 442 0 Hart 561 19 0 304 0 Hartlepool3 301 33 0 166 0 Hastings 767 105 0 608 0 Havant3 842 86 0 447 0 Hereford City3 516 0 0 229 0 Hertsmere3 776 123 0 400 0 High Peak3 340 33 0 239 0 Hinckley and Bosworth 712 16 0 269 0 Holderness3 86 0 0 49 0 Horsham3 771 10 0 68 0 Hove3 545 120 0 282 0 Huntingdon3 441 85 0 333 6 Hyndburn3 447 73 1 451 0 Ipswich3 339 101 1 125 1 Kennet3 551 23 0 299 0 Kerrier3 479 28 0 311 0 Kettering3 358 112 0 83 0 Kings Lynn and West Norfolk3 499 42 0 750 0 Kingston-Upon-Hull3 1,070 85 0 545 23 Kingswood3 406 61 0 322 0 Lancaster City3 362 206 0 96 0 Langbaurgh-on-Tees3 107 1 0 25 0 Leicester City 413 57 1 209 0 Leominster 341 144 0 197 0 Lewes 388 30 0 341 0 Lichfield3 425 2 0 234 1 Lincoln City3 383 37 0 134 0 Luton 966 112 0 346 0 Macclesfield3 910 164 0 287 0 Maidstone3 243 0 0 68 0 Maldon3 151 6 0 64 0 Malvern Hills3 163 59 0 106 0 Mansfield 1,157 83 1 554 0 Medina3 763 69 0 146 2 Melton3 276 8 0 219 0 Mendip3 822 97 1 114 1 Mid Bedfordshire3 480 8 0 333 0 Mid Devon3 223 6 0 44 0 Mid Suffolk 269 43 0 23 0 Mid Sussex3 356 19 0 117 0 Middlesbrough 260 36 0 138 0 Milton Keynes3 463 18 0 0 2 Mole Valley 324 42 0 280 0 North West Leicestershire3 960 8 0 586 0 New Forest 565 42 0 194 0 Newark and Sherwood3 236 35 0 118 0 Newbury3 310 23 1 130 0 Newcastle Under Lyme 349 4 0 411 1 North Bedfordshire3 566 3 0 588 0 North Cornwall3 314 2 0 68 1 North Devon3 311 153 0 29 0 North Dorset 257 8 0 204 0 North East Derbyshire3 180 7 0 120 6 North Hertfordshire3 813 94 0 79 0 North Kesteven 376 30 0 236 3 North Norfolk3 627 2 0 130 0 North Shropshire3 169 6 0 87 0 North Warwickshire3 365 62 1 80 1 North Wiltshire3 1,119 35 0 428 0 Northampton 814 50 1 534 2 Northavon3 699 20 0 409 0 Norwich City3 793 97 0 418 0 Nottingham City3 2,252 75 0 1,552 1 Nuneaton and Bedworth3 856 195 1 341 1 Oadby and Wigston3 148 26 0 126 0 Oswestry3 205 20 0 227 0 Oxford City3 334 109 0 199 0 Pendle3 849 35 0 496 0
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Enforcement authority Number of inspections of food premises2 Number of establishment subject to Issue of improvement notices Issue of emergency prohibition notices Written warnings Closures (voluntary and compulsory) Pen with3 673 32 0 168 1 Peterborough City3 1,042 1 0 117 0 Plymouth City3 879 40 0 299 0 Poole3 340 36 0 313 0 Portsmouth City3 1,416 66 0 407 1 Preston3 470 93 3 3 5 Purbeck 158 11 0 18 0 Reading 815 77 0 284 0 Redditch3 180 35 0 179 0 Reigate and Banstead3 295 13 1 178 1 Restormel3 420 2 0 421 0 Ribble Valley3 206 0 0 14 0 Richmondshire 482 0 0 208 0 Rochester upon Medway3 911 22 0 797 0 Rochford3 85 50 1 7 1 Rossendale3 352 253 0 163 1 Rother3 804 30 0 80 0 Rugby 570 141 0 495 0 Runnymede3 382 27 0 267 0 Rushcliffe 85 23 0 62 0 Rushmoor3 575 86 1 95 2 Rutland3 237 39 0 13 0 Ryedale3 407 29 0 84 0 Salisbury3 397 13 0 223 0 Scarborough 1,060 78 0 536 0 Scunthorpe 571 40 0 158 1 Sedgefield3 184 15 2 23 2 Sedgmoor3 642 19 0 64 0 Selby 288 98 0 142 0 Sevenoaks3 258 1 0 172 0 Shepway3 821 72 0 36 0 Shrewsbury and Atcham 209 22 0 124 0 Slough3 393 34 0 168 0 South Bedfordshire3 366 164 0 0 0 South Buckinghamshire3 186 51 0 157 0 South Cambridgeshire3 373 18 0 261 0 South Derbyshire3 998 11 0 256 0 South Hams 502 45 0 319 0 South Herefordshire 232 0 0 147 0 South Holland3 606 10 0 268 0 South Kesteven3 796 0 0 343 0 South Lakeland3 1,857 64 0 36 0 South Norfolk3 805 201 0 318 2 South Northamptonshire 360 5 0 62 0 South Oxfordshire 712 8 0 442 0 South Ribble3 319 11 0 200 0 South Shropshire3 87 49 1 0 1 South Somerset3 906 0 0 109 0 South Staffordshire3 108 20 0 34 2 South Wight 539 6 0 330 2 Southampton City 1,086 37 1 297 3 Southend-on-Sea 447 221 1 98 1 Spelthorne 158 15 0 25 0 St. Albans City 547 105 0 122 0 St. Edmundsbury 975 23 0 394 0 Stafford3 747 188 1 231 1 Staffordshire Moorlands3 1,346 0 0 220 4 Stevenage3 78 1 0 0 0 Stockton-on-Tees 775 36 0 429 0 Stoke-on-Trent City3 714 281 0 316 0 Stratford-on-Avon 675 489 2 132 7 Stroud 541 24 0 346 0 Suffolk Coastal3 470 30 0 460 0 Surrey Heath3 214 4 0 210 0 Swale3 435 50 0 265 0 Tamworth3 263 138 0 241 0 Tandridge3 314 7 0 315 0 Taunton Deane3 343 48 0 144 0 Teesdale 281 1 0 29 0 Teignbridge 1,272 58 0 1,086 0 Tendring 2,133 149 1 1,050 1 Test Valley3 734 5 0 200 0 Tewkesbury3 657 21 0 326 0 Thamesdown 1,312 57 0 571 0 Thanet3 1,569 117 0 344 3
Enforcement authority Number of inspections of food premises2 Number of establishment subject to Issue of improvement notices Issue of emergency prohibition notices Written warnings Closures (voluntary and compulsory) The Wrekin3 623 95 1 153 1 Three Rivers3 610 228 0 157 0 Thurrock3 419 23 0 136 0 Tonbridge and Mailing3 423 215 0 173 0 Torbay3 662 22 0 656 0 Torridge3 125 6 0 6 0 Tunbridge Wells3 388 51 0 313 0 Tynedale3 58 20 0 21 2 Uttlesford 378 0 0 88 0 Vale of White Horse3 438 1 0 307 3 Vale Royal3 248 28 1 221 7 Wansbeck3 5 4 0 2 0 Wansdyke3 411 27 0 76 0 Warrington 432 36 0 350 2 Warwick3 252 149 3 0 1 Watford3 718 6 0 172 0 Waveney 354 18 0 245 0 Waverley3 150 24 0 141 0 Wealden 506 24 0 112 0 Wear Valley3 223 17 0 283 2 Wellingborough 369 35 0 141 0 Welwyn Hatfield 344 1 0 137 0 West Devon3 523 7 0 86 0 West Dorset3 346 72 0 130 0 West Lancashire3 711 23 0 460 0 West Lindsey3 592 38 0 202 0 West Oxfordshire3 281 1 0 0 0 West Somerset3 224 0 0 118 0 West Wiltshire3 385 17 0 666 0 Weymouth and Portland3 174 108 0 15 0 Winchester City3 176 7 0 128 0 Windsor and Maidenhead3 518 135 0 0 0 Woking3 175 28 0 46 0 Wokingham 609 13 1 37 0 Woodspring3 1,152 401 2 1,167 I Worcester City3 215 101 0 108 0 Worthing 1,266 21 0 294 0 Wychavon 93 1 0 6 0 Wycombe 610 7 0 261 0 Wyre 703 230 0 237 0 Wyre Forest 451 42 0 206 0 York City 555 106 0 153 0
Counties Enforcement authority Number of inspections of food premises2 Number of establishment subject to Issue of improvement notices Issue of emergency prohibition notices Written warnings Closures (voluntary and compulsory) Isles of Scilly 48 0 0 12 0
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London boroughs Enforcement authority Number of inspections of food premises2 Number of establishments subject to Issue of improvement notices Issue of emergency prohibition notices Written warnings Closures (voluntary and compulsory) Barking and Dagenham3 518 36 3 0 2 Barnet3 597 31 2 446 2 Bexley3 759 238 3 201 3 Brent 565 29 6 274 10 Bromley3 1,074 43 0 217 0 Camden3 757 19 2 54 1 Croydon 2,251 262 1 1,033 1 City of London3 25,309 12 0 93 0 Ealing3 546 57 2 256 2 Enfield 680 100 4 469 4 Greenwich 219 32 3 88 4 Hackney4 461 54 2 380 2 Hammersmith and Fulham3 156 6 0 0 0
Enforcement authority Number of inspections of food premises2 Number of establishments subject to Issue of improvement notices Issue of emergency prohibition notices Written warnings Closures (voluntary and compulsory) Haringey3 425 87 4 90 5 Harrow 1,690 27 0 232 0 Havering3 729 121 1 291 1 Hillingdon3 1,633 455 0 402 9 Hounslow3 460 55 0 37 0 Islington3 512 233 1 92 2 Kensington and Chelsea3 1,222 132 3 620 16 Kingston upon Thames 1,204 69 0 280 0 Lambeth3 1,335 204 0 569 10 Lewisham3 1,212 58 0 553 0 Merton 677 147 0 403 0 Newham3 109 20 0 57 0 Redbridge3 298 24 0 134 0 Richmond upon Thames3 179 10 0 126 0 Southwark3 803 262 16 509 37 Sutton3 716 24 0 215 0 Tower Hamlets3 1,225 138 1 464 9 Waltham Forest3 654 18 0 130 0 Wandsworth3 473 81 1 72 1 Westminster3 1,615 79 0 0 0
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Metropolitan councils Enforcement authority Number of inspections of food premises2 Number of establishments subject to Issue of improvement notices Issue of emergency prohibition notices Written warnings Closures (voluntary and compulsory) Barnsley3 841 13 0 345 0 Birmingham3 4,283 572 56 505 64 Bolton3 1,146 51 4 589 6 Bradford 2,413 276 11 680 9 Bury3 890 266 0 315 0 Calderdale3 1,211 97 1 374 1 Coventry3 699 227 9 173 9 Doncaster3 972 102 0 40 0 Dudley3 1,401 106 0 1,071 0 Gateshead3 867 11 0 444 0 Kirklees 4,354 234 1 1,124 1 Knowsley3 2,109 135 1 154 0 Leeds 2,175 79 1 1,203 0 Liverpool3 3,086 258 10 246 2 Manchester3 854 230 6 33 9 Newcastle upon Tyne 769 200 0 470 0 North Tyneside3 163 12 0 125 0 Oldham 1,638 81 3 856 4 Rochdale3 361 73 4 218 4 Rotherham3 565 134 1 231 1 St. Helens3 810 69 0 117 0 Salford3 649 90 2 247 3 Sandwell 1,045 153 1 584 5 Sefton3 1,399 95 0 196 1 Sheffield 4,401 21 0 438 0 Solihull3 1,286 174 1 255 1 South Tyneside 474 156 0 75 0 Stockport3 1,312 121 5 21 5 Sunderland3 3,080 37 1 1,929 0 Tameside3 1,585 33 0 0 0 Trafford3 282 0 1 201 1 Wakefield3 1,051 121 3 411 0 Walsall 2,402 215 6 691 2 Wigan3 742 27 1 616 5 Wirral3 1,450 947 0 411 0 Wolverhampton3 1,255 468 8 254 1
Port health authorities Enforcement authority Number of inspections of food premises2 Number of establishments subject to Issue of improvement notices Issue of emergency prohibition notices Written warnings Closures (voluntary and compulsory) Barnstaple Nil Return — — — — Barrow Nil Return — — — — Boston 34 0 0 0 0 Bridgewater3 1 0 0 0 0 Bristol3 16 0 0 7 0 Colchester3 Nil Return — — — — Cowes3 Nil Return — — — — Dover 36,200 0 0 48 0 Exeter3 Nil Return — — — — Exmouth3 Nil Return — — — — Falmouth and Truro3 5 0 0 0 0 Faversham Nil Return — — — — Felixstowe3 4,919 0 0 26 0 Fleetwood3 35 35 0 0 0 Folkestone3 3,436 0 0 0 0 Fowey 73 0 0 1 0 Great Yarmouth3 477 0 0 0 0 Grimsby3 1,044 0 0 4 0 Hartlepool Nil Return — — — — Harwich 3,120 0 0 54 0 Hull and Goole3 1,285 0 0 17 0 Immingham3 383 0 0 2 0 Ipswich3 981 0 0 1 0 King's Lynn 1 0 0 0 0 Lancaster3 25 0 0 0 0 Littlehampton Nil Return — — — — Liverpool3 780 0 0 0 0 London3 30,087 0 0 87 0 Lowestoft3 203 0 0 0 0 Maldon Nil Return — — — — Manchester 1,563 0 0 19 0 Medway3 91 0 0 2 0 Newhaven 468 0 0 1 0 New Shoreham 52 0 0 0 0 Penwith Nil Return — — — — Plymouth3 68 0 0 9 0 Poole Harbour3 4,677 0 0 2 0 Portsmouth3 2,128 0 0 — 0 Ramsgate3 460 0 0 3 0 River Blyth 10 0 0 2 0 River Tees3 1,455 0 0 0 0 Southampton3 1,528 0 0 12 0 Stroud Nil Return — — — — Sunderland Nil Return — — — — Teignbridge 0 0 0 0 0 Tyne3 1,196 0 0 0 0 Wells3 Nil Return — — — — Weymouth3 13 0 0 0 0 Whitstable3 Nil Return — — — — Wisbech Nil Return — — — — Workington3 Nil Return — — — — 1 These statistics cover work carried out by local authorities under the Food Safety Act 1990, regulations made under it and the Official Control of Foodstuffs Directive. They exclude: meat hygiene inspections carried out under EC veterinary legislation; milk hygiene inspections of production plants; inspections carried out by the Wine Standards Board under EC wine legislation. 2 The number of food hygiene and food standards inspections covers: inspection of premises; inspection of equipment including cleaning and maintenance equipment; inspection of process or operational procedure; inspection of the hygiene or practices of personnel; inspection of food (including ingredients, additives and products at any stage of manufacture) or contact materials; inspection of labels, labelling equipment and advertising matter and/or inspection of records. These figures exclude all other visits to check compliance with notices, sampling visits and visits to follow up complaints. 3 Excludes figures for first quarter of 1991. This was only required on a voluntary basis. 4 For port health authorities this includes the number of consignments and ships' kitchens inspected.