§ Mr. Bill MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will give for each year since 1984 details of the number of times incidents have occurred at sites covered by the Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1984 which required the activation of off-site emergency plans made under those regulations.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe Health and Safety Executive does not hold information on the number of times incidents have occurred at sites covered by the Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1984 which required the activation of off-site emergency plans made under those regulations.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will list the number of(a) deaths and (b) serious injuries on construction sites for each of the past five years and the names of those who were labour only sub-contractors; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe available information for Great Britain is provided in the following tables—extracted from Occasional Supplement No. 3 of the September 1992Employment Gazette Data for the latest year commencing 1 April 1991 are not yet available. Information identifying specific individuals is not released.
on proposed new construction (design and management) regulations and an approved code of practice. These will implement the design and management aspects of the European Community's temporary or mobile construction sites directive, adopted in June this year. The timing of the 115W document is appropriate in view of the European Year of Safety's focus on construction as a high risk area. The regulations should help make construction sites much safer places to work in the future.