Driving Standards Agency

HC Deb 07 February 1995 vol 254 cc189-93W

Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 19 December 1994,Official Report, column 881, if he will (1) list the occasions in 1994 on which risk assessments by the Driving Standards Agency have led to reorganisations in his Department;

(2) list the dates of risk assessments by the Driving Standards Agency in 1994; and if he will make a statement on the nature of these assessments.

Mr. Norris

These are operational matters for the Driving Standards Agency. I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.

Letter from L. M. Manley to Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody, dated 7 February 1995:

The Secretary of State for Transport has asked me to reply to your question about risk assessments in the Agency which have led to reorganisation.

To date it has not been found necessary to make any reorganisation as a result of risk assessments. Where risks have been identified, they have been controlled or eliminated without the need for reorganisation.

Letter from L. M. Manley to Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody, dated 7 February 1995:

The Secretary of State for Transport has asked me to reply to your question about risk assessments in the Driving Standards Agency.

The attached table provides the dates and numbers of risk assessments carried out in 1994. The assessments covered display screen equipment, manual handling procedures and general risks.

Year	Month/Date	Number
1994	January
	6	1
	19	1
	25	1
	29	1
		4
	February
	8	7
	9	3

Year	Month/Date	Number
	10	1
	11	7
	14	6
	15	3
	18	1
	22	2
	28	2
		32
	March
	1	1
	4	1
	8	1
	17	6
	28	1
	29	3
	30	1
	31	4
		32
	April
	5	1
	6	2
	8	6
	11	8
	12	12
	13	1
	14	6
	22	5
	25	1
		42
1994 (cont.)	May
	4	1
	9	2
	10	2
	11	2
	13	31
	16	1
	17	6
	18	2
	20	2
	21	18
		67
	June
	2	1
	3	4
	6	7
	10	2
	20	1
	22	6
	24	12
	28	2
	29	5
	30	1
		41
	July
	1	1
	4	1
	8	1
	17	1
	18	1
	19	4
	22	1
		10
	August
	9	1
	10	1

Year	Month/Date	Number
	12	2
	16	3
	17	6
	22	2
	23	9
	24	4
	25	3
	26	5
	30	7
	31	7
		50
	September
	1	4
	2	8
	5	3
	6	12
	7	10
	8	2
	9	3
	10	1
	12	4
	13	6
	14	8
	15	2
	16	1
	17	1
	19	4
	20	4
	21	3
	22	2
	23	4
	24	1
	25	2
	26	3
	27	6
	28	4
	29	2
	30	6
		106
	October
	1	2
	3	9
	4	5
	5	7
	6	13
	7	7
	10	15
	11	15
	12	9
	13	9
	14	7
	17	5
	18	10
	19	13
	20	5
	21	2
	24	7
	25	5
	26	1
	27	10
	28	5
	29	2
	30	1
	31	3
		167

Year	Month/Date	Number
	November
	1	3
	2	1
	3	1
	4	3
	7	2
	8	2
	9	4
	10	2
	11	26
	12	1
	14	2
	15	2
	16	4
	17	4
	18	7
	20	1
	21	30
	22	12
	23	9
	24	2
	25	6
	26	9
	29	8
	30	7
		148.
	December
	1	19
	2	7
	4	3
	5	10
	6	12
	7	4
	8	3
	12	10
	13	1
	15	3
	16	3
	21	3
	22	3
	28	1
	30	1
		83
		Total 1994 768
1995	January
	3	2
	5	2
	6	1
	9	4
	12	4
	16	1
	17	4
	18	3
	19	1
	20	1
	23	7
	24	5
	25	13
	26	3
	27	1
		Total 1995 52
		Grand Total 820