§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each division of the Health and Safety Executive trends in staff levels relative to levels three years ago. [660]
1 April 1993 1 April 1994 1 April 19951 31 March 19962 Health and Safety Commission (Support) 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 Director General's Office 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 Solicitor's Office 17.00 18.00 17.00 19.00 Resources and Planning Division 665.50 663.00 662.00 574.00 Safety Policy Division 124.00 124.00 121.00 113.00 Strategy and General Division 150.50 140.00 141.00 136.00 Health Policy Division 89.00 94.00 86.00 96.00 Field Operations Division 1,960.50 1,939.00 1,859.00 1,741.00 HM Railway Inspectorate 63.00 71.00 85.00 82.00 HM Inspectorate of Mines 60.00 52.00 48.00 42.00 Offshore Safety Division 319.50 375.00 343.00 309.00 Nuclear Safety Division 271.50 281.00 263.00 268.00 Technology and Health Sciences Division 333.00 335.00 330.00 330.00 Health and Safety Laboratory 415.00 382.00 364.00 365.00 Electrical Equipment Certification Services 54.00 56.00 57.00 61.00 Total staff 4,537.50 4,545.00 4,391.00 4,151.00 1 Figures given are full-time equivalent counts. A revised Treasury methodology for calculating full-time equivalent figures for staff in part-time posts came into operation from 1.4.95. From that date all part-time staff were counted pro-rata according to hours worked. Previously part-time staff who worked 10 hours or more were all counted as 0.5. 2 From 1.4.96 HSE Divisions were restructured. Staff in post data for 31.3.96 is listed to provide comparison with previous years.