§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what progress has been made by the Health and Safety Executive in its implementation project for the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994; how many visits have been made by Health and Safety Executive inspectors between 1 April 1995 and 30 September 1996 to(a) clients, (b) planning supervisors, (c) designers and (d) contractors; and how many such visits (i) have been undertaken and (ii) are planned for the period 1 October 1996 to 31 March 1997. [6215]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe Health and Safety Executive provisional numbers of head office visits between 1 April 1995 and 30 September 1996 to the various categories were:(a) clients—559; (b) planning supervisors—586; (c) designers—457; (d) principal contractors—542. The number of visits completed since 1 October 1996 is not available centrally. In order to meet the minimum project targets, the outstanding numbers of visits are: clients—286; planning supervisors—96; designers—130; principal contractors—0. Due to the extension of the project period, these visits will be completed by 30 September 1997.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many inspectors have been specifically allocated by the Health and Safety Executive to work on the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 implementation project; and for what period. [6198]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe Health and Safety Executive has allocated 20 extra inspectors to the normal construction allocation to enable 40 inspector years to be spent on the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 implementation project. The project period was to be 24 months from April 1995. Following a review, the project has now been extended until the end of September 1997. The 40 inspector years will be spread over this extended period.