HC Deb 05 May 1994 vol 242 cc631-2W
Mr. Jamieson

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of serious injuries and fatalities by school in local education authority maintained schools in England and Wales investigated by the Health and Safety Executive in the last two years.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

[holding answer 4 May 1994]: The information available is as follows:

Year 1Fatal 2Major
1991–92 2 81
31992–93 2 71

The names and locations of the schools where the fatalities occurred are listed in the table. Similar details for the investigated major injuries could be obtained and presented only at disproportionate cost.

1991–92

  • Ferryhill Comprehensive, Cambridgeshire
  • Millford Special School, Plymouth

1992–93

  • Coleman Primary School, Leicester
  • Brettenham Junior School, London

Notes to table: 1 Fatal and major injuries to employees, self-employed people also members of the public—chiefly pupils—injured as a result of someone else's work activity. 2 As defined under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985. 3 Provisional.

Mr. Jamieson

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number of serious injuries and fatalities in private or independent schools investigated by the Health and Safety Executive in the last two years; and if he will list the schools concerned.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

[holding answer 4 May 1994]: The information available is as follows:

Year 1Fatal 2Major
1991–92 2 17
31992–93 — 14

The names and locations of the schools where the fatalities occurred are given in the table. Similar details for the investigated major injuries could be obtained and presented only at disproportionate cost. Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk Macintrye Independent School, Wingrove, Buckinghamshire

Notes to table: 1 Fatal and major injuries to employees, self-employed people also members of the public—chiefly pupils—injured as a result of someone else's work activity. 2 As defined under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985. 3 Provisional.