§ Mr. FisherTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it his policy to publish annually the results of safety inspections on(a) ferries, (b) locomotives and (c) aircraft.
§ Mr. NorrisThe Surveyor General's Organisation—which is responsible for inspecting ferries as well as other types of ship—produces an annual report setting out its survey and inspection performance. The Civil Aviation Authority's surveyors monitor compliance with established safety standards in transport aircraft; operators are required to report defects to the CAA under the mandatory occurrence reporting system and these reports are published. Railway operators are responsible for inspecting their locomotives and while they do not publish any information on safety inspections, the Health and Safety Executive publishes an annual report on railway safety which gives details of certain safety-related failures of locomotives and multiple units which have occurred in service.
We have no plans to require the publication of any additional information.
§ Mr. FisherTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it his policy to publish annually the failure of any(a) ferry, (b) locomotive or (c) aircraft to pass safety tests.
§ Mr. NorrisWe have no plans to publish information on individual failures at safety tests. Any ferry, locomotive422W or aircraft on which a major defect was found at a safety inspection would not be allowed to return to service until the relevant fault had been rectified.