HC Deb 10 December 1996 vol 287 c93W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many health and safety inspectors there were in(a) 1986 and (b) 1995. [7901]

Sir Paul Beresford

The Health and Safety Executive employed the following number of health and safety inspectors in:

Year (1 April) Number of inspectors
1986 1,231.50
1995 1,477.60

Figures given are full-time equivalent counts: part-timers were counted as half units until 1 April 1995; since then they are counted on the basis of the proportion of a full week that they work. For information there are also a broadly comparable number employed by local authorities.