To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many of the United Kingdom's 1,500 most potentially dangerous workplaces the technology division of the Health and Safety Executive has inspected and certified for fire precautions since 1976.

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many of the United Kingdom's 1,500 most potentially dangerous workplaces the technology division of the Health and Safety Executive has inspected and certified for fire precautions since 1976.

Of the approximately 1,300 premises which are subject to the Fire Certification (Special Premises) Regulations 1976, the HSE has issued approximately 600 fire certificates and surveyed a further 35. This is part of a continuing programme.