§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of food premises in Wales were inspected by each local enforcement authority in each year since 1988; 381W and what were the equivalent percentage figures for (a) food manufactures, (b) restaurants and caterers and (c) food retailers.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesInformation on the percentage of food premises inspected or visited has been held centrally only since 1991 and is given in the following table (1). Figures for 1992 are not yet available.
I will write to the hon. Gentleman and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House with equivalent percentage figures for (a) food manufacturers (b) restaurants and caterers and (c) food retailers.
Percentage of food premises inspected or visited Enforcement authority Percentage County Councils Clwyd1 13 Dyfed1 24 Gwent1 12 Gwynedd 9 Mid Glamorgan 33 Powys1 27 South Glamorgan1 16 West Glamorgan 44 District Councils Aberconwy1 25 Alyn and Deeside 98 Arfon1 12 Blaenau Gwent1 53 Brecknock1 84 Cardiff1 57 Carmarthen1 40 Ceredigion1 55 Colwyn1 40 Cynon Valley1 47 Delyn1 51 Dinefwr1 48 Dwyfor 26 Glyndwr 59 Islwvn 44 Llanelli1 25 Lliw Valley 97 Meirionnydd1 51 Merthyr Tydfil1 44 Monmouth 37 Montgomeryshire 73 Neath 67 Newport1 43 Ogwr1 32 Port Talbot 79 Prcseli Pembrokeshire 77 Radnor1 92 Rhondda 100 Rhuddlan1 23 Rhymney Valley 38 South Pembrokeshire1 26 Swansea1 56 Taff Ely1 58 Torfaen1 53 Vale of Glamorgan1 71 Wrexham Maelor 39 Ynys Môn1 79 Port Health Authorities Barry1 100 Beaumaris 66 Caernarfon 2 Nil Cardiff1 64 Chester1 Nil Milford 89 Newport1 96 Swansea1 64 1 Excludes figures for the first quarter of 1991. This was only required on a voluntary basis. 2 Arfon borough council act as port health authority for Caernarfon.