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Health and Safety Executive

Mr. Hurst: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal accidents have been reported to the Health and Safety Executive in each year since 1973. [118828]

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Mr. Browne: The following table gives the figures for fatal and non-fatal accidents reported to the enforcing authorities (Health and Safety Executive and local authorities) from 1973 to 2001–02 (the latest year for which figures are available). Discontinuity in the series of figures reflects changes in the legislation requiring reporting of such accidents.

Injuries at work to employees and self-employed persons and members of the public injured as a result of someone else's work activity as reported to all enforcing authorities (HSE and local authorities) under various legislation.


It is not possible to separate the data on accidents reported between those reported to HSE and those reported to local authorities.

Injuries in Great Britain as reported to all enforcing authorities during the period
1973 to 2001–02

EmployeesSelf-employed
FatalMajorOver three dayTotal injuriesFatalMajorOver three dayTotal injuries
1973549(6)(6)549(6)(6)(6)(6)
1974651(6)(6)651(6)(6)(6)(6)
1975620(6)(6)620(6)(6)(6)(6)
1976584(6)(6)584(6)(6)(6)(6)
1977524(6)(6)524(6)(6)(6)(6)
1978499(6)(6)499123(6)(6)123
1979492(6)(6)492123(6)(6)123
1980440(6)(6)440139(6)(6)139
198144112,316(6)12,7575491(6)145
198247212,286(6)12,75848127(6)175
198344812,453(6)12,90165114(6)179
198443812,494(6)12,93260144(6)204
198540013,175(6)13,57571206(6)277
1986–8735520,695159,011180,061526901,0291,771
1987–8836120,057159,852180,270848671,1692,120
1988–89(7)52919,944163,119183,063801,1521,5032,735
1989–9037020,396165,244186,0101051,3101,8653,280
1990–9134619,896160,811181,053871,3262,0773,490
1991–9229717,597152,506170,400711,1011,8323,004
1992–9327616,938141,147158,361631,1152,1363,314
1993–9424516,705134,928151,878511,2742,5313,856
1994–9519117,041139,349156,581811,3132,8694,263
1995–9620916,568130,582147,359491,1662,3943,609
1996–9720727,964127,286155,457801,3562,2823,718
1997–9821229,187134,789164,188628159841,861
1998–9918828,368132,295160,851656858491,599
1999–200016228,652135,381164,195586637321,453
2000–0121327,524134,105161,842796307151,424
2001–0220628,011129,655157,872459299171,891

Members of the public
FatalNon-fatalTotal injuries
1973(6)(6)(6)
1974(6)(6)(6)
1975(6)(6)(6)
1976(6)(6)(6)
1977(6)(6)(6)
1978(6)(6)(6)
1979(6)(6)(6)
1980(6)(6)(6)
1981715,6095,680
1982835,6185,701
1983856,3316,416
19841056,6796,784
1985(8)1596,9396,939
1986–879214,57514,667
1987–8811312,88012,993
1988–8912112,61412,735
1989–90(9)20611,37811,378
1990–911399,98110,120
1991–9210511,00911,114
1992–9311310,66910,782
1993–9410711,55211,659
1994–9510412,64212,746
1995–968613,23413,320
1996–9736735,69436,061
1997–9839328,61329,006
1998–9936923,80024,169
1999–200043625,05925,495
2000–0144420,83621,280
2001–0239314,83415,227

(6) Not available.

(7) Includes the 56 fatalities to members of the public in the Bradford City football club disaster.

(8) Includes the 167 fatalities in the Piper Alpha disaster, 6 July 1988.

(9) Includes the 95 fatalities and 766 non-fatal injuries to members of the public arising from the Hillsborough stadium disaster.


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Dr. Iddon: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many inspections of premises have been carried out by the Health and Safety Executive's Field Operations Directorate in Bolton in each of the last 10 years. [117131]

Mr. Browne: The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the following table:

Table 1: The numbers of inspection contacts made by HSE's field operations directorate in Bolton LA between 1995–96 and 2002–03

Number
1995–96516
1996–97748
1997–98347
1998–99263
1999–2000297
2000–01403
2001–02329
2002–03219

Notes:

1. The data have been taken from FOD's FOCUS database and refer to the numbers of inspection contacts (which may not correlate precisely with the numbers of inspections) in the Bolton local authority.

2. Data on numbers of inspections are not available.

3. Data for years 1993–94 and 1994–95 are not available.

4. The data exclude contacts to premises now inspected by HSE's Hazardous Installations Directorate, part of which was subsumed in FOD until 1996.

5. The high number for inspection contacts in 1996–97 is believed to be due in large part to a programme of management audits in the health services.


Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many prosecutions have been taken against employers for breaking health and safety rules in each of the last three years. [118550]

Mr. Browne: The information is in the tables.

Number of prosecutions taken against employers by the Health and Safety Executive for health and safety at work offences in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

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Table 1

Year(10)Separate offences prosecuted
1999–20001,339
2000–011,408
2001–021,468

Number of prosecutions taken against employers and others by local authorities.

Table 2

Year(10)Separate offences prosecuted (all defendants)(11)
1999–2000412
2000–01401
2001–02Not yet available

(10) The annual basis is the planning year from 1 April to 31 March.

(11) Figures for offences prosecuted by local authorities specifically against employers are not available except at disproportionate cost.



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