HC Deb 29 January 2002 vol 379 cc280-1W
Mr. Clapham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people the Government's Chief Medical Officer estimates were covered by occupational health services in(a) 1975, (b) 1985, (c) 1995 and (d) the last year for which survey figures are available. [30189]

Ms Blears

[holding answer 25 January 2002]: The only estimates of occupational health provision the Department holds are taken from the 1993 Health and Safety Executive (HSE) contract research report "Occupational Health Provision at Work" (reference: 57/1993). The HSE has recently commissioned a new survey to assess the current level of usage of occupational health support among employers.