§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many accidents at work resulting in serious injuries occurred in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. OppenheimThe information is not available in the form requested. For the calender years 1981 to 1985 injuries at work were reported under the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations; from 1 April 1986 definitions were extended under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations. The number of accidents that led to these injuries cannot be separately identified.