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Mr. Cryer
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table giving the total number of inspection visits completed on nuclear installations and the average number of inspections per installation for the years 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982 to the most recent practicable date.
Mr. Waddington
The total numbers of inspection visits made by inspectors from the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate to sites licensed under the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 during the years referred to were:
| number | |
| 1977 | 701 |
| 1978 | 669 |
| 1979 | 600 |
| 1980 | 617 |
| 1981 | 762 |
| 1982* | 494 |
number
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and the average numbers of inspection visits per site were
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number
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| 1977 | 21 |
| 1978 | 20 |
| 1979 | 17 |
| 1980 | 18 |
| 1981 | 22 |
| 1982* | 15 |
* Figures for 1982 are for the year to 31 October. | |