asked the Paymaster General what percentage of workplaces in each administrative region of Scotland have been visited in the past four years by health and safety inspectors.
Details of the percentage of workplaces visited in each administrative region of Scotland are not available. The number of visits made in Scotland by inspectors from the Health and Safety Executive are:
Number of visits
| |||
Inspectorate
| |||
Factory
| Agricultural
| Mines and Quarries
| Nuclear Installations
|
1 January 1983-December 1983 | April 1983-March 1984 | January 1983-December 1983 | January 1983-December 1983 |
| 10,724 | 3,018 | 2,291 | 72 |
1 2 January 1984-March 1985 | April 1984-March 1985 | 2 January 1984-March 1985 | January 1984-December 1984 |
| 11,030 | 2,630 | 2,691 | 57 |
| April 1985-March 1986 | April 1985-March 1986 | April 1985-March 1986 | January 1985-December 1985 |
| 20,337 | 3,040 | 1,719 | 72 |
| April 1986-March 1987 | April 1986-March 1987 | April 1986-December 1986 | January 1986-December 1986 |
| (not available) | (not available) | 1,089 | 57 |
1 These figures exclude visits to transient sites eg construction sites and visits to investigate accidents and incidents. The number of investigations were recorded, but visits were not (ie an investigation involving several visits was counted only once.) | |||
2 15 month period to bring in recording by financial year. | |||