HC Deb 21 October 1993 vol 230 cc337-8W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing for each of the past 10 years the total number of accident report forms CHS 76 completed by training providers and the total number of cases in which the injured trainee was deemed to be entitled to injury benefit.

Miss Widdecombe

The total number of accident report forms CHS 76 completed by training providers and submitted to the Department for each of the last 10 years is as follows:

Number
1983 2,802
1984 2,278
1985 2,529
1986 2,771
1987 3,616
1988 4,039
1989 4,746
1990 3,811
1991 2,691
11992 973
1 From April 1992 forms CHS 76 were forwarded to the Department only for those injured trainees who had been terminated from their training schemes, or who suffered a major injury as defined in the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulation 1985 (RIDDOR).

The total number of cases in which the injured trainee was deemed to be entitled to injury benefit for the years 1990 to 1992 are as follows:

Number of forms received Number entitled to benefit
1990 3,811 1,067
1991 2,691 877
1992 973 592

Figures for previous years can be provided only at disproportionate cost.