House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 9 Jul 2003 (pt 15)

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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.

1. For the calendar years prior to 1981, Factories Act (1961)

2. For the calendar years 1981 to 1985, Notification of Accidents and Dangerous occurrences Regulations (NADOR)

3. For the planning years 1 April 1986–31 March 1996, Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR 85)

4. For the Subsequent planning years commencing April 1st 1996, RIDDOR 95.

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 period1973 to 2001–02

	Employees				Self-employed
	Fatal	Major	Over three day	Total injuries	Fatal	Major	Over three day	Total injuries
1973	549	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾	549	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾
1974	651	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾	651	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾
1975	620	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾	620	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾
1976	584	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾	584	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾
1977	524	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾	524	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾
1978	499	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾	499	123	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾	123
1979	492	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾	492	123	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾	123
1980	440	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾	440	139	⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾	139
1981	441	12,316	⁽⁶⁾	12,757	54	91	⁽⁶⁾	145
1982	472	12,286	⁽⁶⁾	12,758	48	127	⁽⁶⁾	175
1983	448	12,453	⁽⁶⁾	12,901	65	114	⁽⁶⁾	179
1984	438	12,494	⁽⁶⁾	12,932	60	144	⁽⁶⁾	204
1985	400	13,175	⁽⁶⁾	13,575	71	206	⁽⁶⁾	277
1986–87	355	20,695	159,011	180,061	52	690	1,029	1,771
1987–88	361	20,057	159,852	180,270	84	867	1,169	2,120
1988–89	⁽⁷⁾529	19,944	163,119	183,063	80	1,152	1,503	2,735
1989–90	370	20,396	165,244	186,010	105	1,310	1,865	3,280
1990–91	346	19,896	160,811	181,053	87	1,326	2,077	3,490
1991–92	297	17,597	152,506	170,400	71	1,101	1,832	3,004
1992–93	276	16,938	141,147	158,361	63	1,115	2,136	3,314
1993–94	245	16,705	134,928	151,878	51	1,274	2,531	3,856
1994–95	191	17,041	139,349	156,581	81	1,313	2,869	4,263
1995–96	209	16,568	130,582	147,359	49	1,166	2,394	3,609
1996–97	207	27,964	127,286	155,457	80	1,356	2,282	3,718
1997–98	212	29,187	134,789	164,188	62	815	984	1,861
1998–99	188	28,368	132,295	160,851	65	685	849	1,599
1999–2000	162	28,652	135,381	164,195	58	663	732	1,453
2000–01	213	27,524	134,105	161,842	79	630	715	1,424
2001–02	206	28,011	129,655	157,872	45	929	917	1,891

	Members of the public
	Fatal	Non-fatal	Total 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⁾
1981	71	5,609	5,680
1982	83	5,618	5,701
1983	85	6,331	6,416
1984	105	6,679	6,784
1985	⁽⁸⁾159	6,939	6,939
1986–87	92	14,575	14,667
1987–88	113	12,880	12,993
1988–89	121	12,614	12,735
1989–90	⁽⁹⁾206	11,378	11,378
1990–91	139	9,981	10,120
1991–92	105	11,009	11,114
1992–93	113	10,669	10,782
1993–94	107	11,552	11,659
1994–95	104	12,642	12,746
1995–96	86	13,234	13,320
1996–97	367	35,694	36,061
1997–98	393	28,613	29,006
1998–99	369	23,800	24,169
1999–2000	436	25,059	25,495
2000–01	444	20,836	21,280
2001–02	393	14,834	15,227

⁽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

1995–96 516

1996–97 748

1997–98 347

1998–99 263

1999–2000 297

2000–01 403

2001–02 329

2002–03 219

	Number
1995–96	516
1996–97	748
1997–98	347
1998–99	263
1999–2000	297
2000–01	403
2001–02	329
2002–03	219

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

1999–2000 1,339

2000–01 1,408

2001–02 1,468

Year⁽¹⁰⁾	Separate offences prosecuted
1999–2000	1,339
2000–01	1,408
2001–02	1,468

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

Table 2

Year⁽¹⁰⁾ Separate offences prosecuted (all defendants)⁽¹¹⁾

1999–2000 412

2000–01 401

2001–02 Not yet available

Year⁽¹⁰⁾	Separate offences prosecuted (all defendants)⁽¹¹⁾
1999–2000	412
2000–01	401
2001–02	Not 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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