HC Deb 22 July 2004 vol 424 cc437-8W
Mr. Webb

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the incidence rate of fatal and major injury incidents was in each of the last seven years. [184676]

Jane Kennedy

The incidence rate of fatal and major injuries (per 100,000 employed), reported to all enforcing authorities in the period 1997–98 to 2002–03 is shown in the following table:

Fatal injury rate Employee Major injury rate Fatal injury rate Self-employed Major injury rate
1996–97 0.9 127.5 2.3 38.4
1997–98 0.9 127.6 1.8 23.3
1998–99 0.8 121.7 1.9 20.3
1999–2000 0.7 116.6 1.7 19.7
2000–01 0.9 110.2 2.4 19.2
2001-02 0.8 110.9 1.3 27.8
2002–031 0.7 113.0 1.3 31.9
1 Provisional.
Notes:
1. Incidence rates are derived from reports made to HSE and local authorities under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995.
2. Incidence rates are expressed per hundred thousand employees or self-employed people as appropriate.
3. The annual basis is the planning year from 1 April to 31 March.
4. Statistics are those reported to all enforcing authorities.