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To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many additional Health and Safety Executive inspectors are needed to enforce the Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many additional inspectors will be needed to fully implement the Food and Environment Protection Act.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many additional inspectors will be needed to fully implement the Food and Environment Protection Act.
116.
r To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many additional Health and Safety Executive inspectors are needed to enforce the Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986.
The Food and Environment Protection Act and its related Control of Pesticides Regulations are enforced by the Health and Safety Executive concurrently with other health and safety regulations. The executive plans to increase the number of inspectors in the agricultural and factory inspectorates from the current levels of 150 and 542·5 to 160 and 588 respectively by the end of 1988–89.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many notices have been served under the Food and Environment Protection Act since it came into force.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many notices have been served under the Food and Environment Protection Act since it came into force.
Between 27 June 1987 and 31 March 1988, a total of 61 enforcement notices were issued by the Health and Safety Executive under the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985.
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many prosecutions have occurred under the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 since it came into force.
Between 27 June 1987 and 31 March 1988 four prosecutions including eight offences were taken by the Health and Safety Executive's agricultural inspectorate under the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985.