§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest annual accident figures for(a) the Doncaster area and (b) South Yorkshire, as a whole; and what are the corresponding figures for (i) five years and (ii) 10 years ago.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe available information is provided in the following table. Due to changes in the reporting of major injury legislation, figures for 1983 are not directly comparable with those for later years.
714WOccupational injuries in Doncaster and South Yorkshire as reported to the Health and Safety Executive's factory and agricultural inspectorates and local authorities1
Fatal Major2 Over 3 days3 Doncaster 1988–89 — 216 955 1992–935 4 2 206 824 South Yorkshire 1988–89 8 940 4,785 1992–935 4 9 831 3,923 1 Injuries at work to employees and self-employed people, and members of the public injured as a result of someone else's work activity. Figures based on reports made under the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations for the calendar year 1983 and under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985. 2 Chiefly amputations, serious fractures and other injuries requiring hospitalisation for more than 24 hours. The definition was extended by the introduction of RIDDOR in April 1986 and therefore later figures should not be directly comparable with those for 1983. 3 Injuries causing incapacity for normal work for more than three days. 4 Includes injuries reported to HSE's quarries inspectorate. 5 Provisional.