Employment Medical Advisory Service

HC Deb 30 January 1995 vol 253 cc542-3W

Mr. McCartney

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many doctors the Health and Safety Executive plans to employ within the employment medical advisory service in 1995 and 1996.

Mr. Oppenheim

Plans for the staffing of the employment medical advisory service at 1 April 1995 were published in the Health and Safety Commission "Plan of Work 1994–95", which is available in the Library. Annexe 1, table 2 of the plan gives the figure of 90 staff for EMAS, of which 45 were doctors. The figure for 1 April 1996 will be set out in the Health and Safety Commission "Plan of Work 1995–96", due to be published in the early summer.

Mr. McCartney

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many nurses the Health and Safety Executive plans to employ within the employment medical advisory service in the years 1995 and 1996.

Mr. Oppenheim

Plans for the staffing of the employment medical advisory service at 1 April 1995 were published in the Health and Safety Commission "Plan of Work 1994–95", which is available in the Library. Annexe 1, table 2 of the plan gives the figure of 90 staff for EMAS, of which 45 were nurses. The figure for 1 April 1996 will be set out in the Health and Safety "Commission Plan of Work 1995–96", due to be published in the early summer.