§ Brian CotterTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many investigations of(a) incidents and (b) complaints were carried out by local offices of the Health and Safety Executive in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [97948]
§ Mr. Nicholas Brown[holding answer 13 February 2003]: The following table shows the number of investigations of incidents and complaints carried out by HSE's operational directorates 1997–98 to 2001–02:
1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 FOD Incidents 10,631 7,805 9,754 14,279 12,455 Complaints 20,653 20,916 23,878 24,386 23,729 HID Incidents 747 808 793 773 1,090 Complaints 538 471 411 489 473 RI Incidents 342 340 332 371 450 Complaints 489 428 394 546 317 Total Incidents 11,720 8,953 10,879 15,423 13,995 Complaints 21,680 21,815 24,683 25,421 24,519 Notes:
1. 'Incidents' includes injuries, diseases, dangerous occurrences and gas safety incidents.
2. FOD: Field Operations Directorate; HID: Hazardous Installations Directorate;
RI: Railways Inspectorate.
3. The data are not available for all HSE's offices for each year in the form requested. Even where data by office is available it could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
4. The figures do not include details of investigations of incidents at civil nuclear sites as these are not recorded centrally in an easily retrievable form. They could be provided only at disproportionate cost.