To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many fatal, major and minor reportable accidents occurred on YTS for each quarter since I October 1988, and what these figures were by region and as a percentage of total YTS trainees in each region.
The tables give the numbers of fatal, major and minor reportable accidents which occurred in
| Quarter 1 April 1989—30 June 1989 | |||||
| Accidents1 | |||||
| Region | Numbers in training3 | Fatal | Major2 | Minor | All accident rate/100,0003 |
| Scotland | 47,021 | 1 | 20 | 97 | 1,003 |
| Northern | 29,339 | 1 | 12 | 89 | 1,390 |
| North West | 58,260 | — | 30 | 115 | 995 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 44,209 | — | 12 | 102 | 1,031 |
| West Midlands | 42,309 | — | 16 | 55 | 671 |
| East Midlands and Eastern | 44,755 | — | 8 | 34 | 375 |
| Wales | 23,509 | — | 6 | 55 | 1,037 |
| South West | 28,785 | — | 9 | 16 | 347 |
| South East | 38,536 | — | 10 | 30 | 415 |
| London | 20,543 | — | 3 | 6 | 175 |
| Quarter 1 July 1989—30 September 1989 | |||||
| Accidents1 | |||||
| Region | Numbers in training3 | Fatal | Major2 | Minor | All accident rate/100,0003 |
| Scotland | 49,494 | — | 30 | 89 | 961 |
| Northern | 31,640 | — | 11 | 99 | 1,390 |
| North West | 62,904 | — | 22 | 142 | 1,042 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 48,035 | — | 21 | 85 | 882 |
| West Midlands | 45,629 | — | 13 | 70 | 727 |
| East Midlands and Eastern | 48,358 | — | 15 | 55 | 579 |
| Wales | 24,514 | — | 9 | 47 | 913 |
| South West | 30,966 | — | 4 | 30 | 439 |
| South East | 40,021 | — | 10 | 29 | 389 |
| London | 20,887 | — | 4 | 8 | 229 |
| Quarter: 1 October 1988 to 31 December 1988 | |||||
| Numbersin training3 | Accidents:1 | All accidentrate/100,000 | |||
| Region | Fatal | Major2 | Minor | ||
| Scotland | 48,679 | 1 | 22 | 97 | 986 |
| Northern | 32,587 | — | 14 | 130 | 1,767 |
| North West | 65,836 | 1 | 33 | 116 | 911 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 49,011 | 1 | 28 | 101 | 1,060 |
| West Midlands | 48,578 | — | 8 | 73 | 666 |
| East Midlands and Eastern | 50,346 | — | 24 | 84 | 858 |
| Wales | 25,297 | — | 8 | 87 | 1,502 |
| South West | 33,026 | — | 12 | 44 | 678 |
| South East | 44,151 | — | 14 | 58 | 652 |
| London | 22,571 | — | 1 | 13 | 248 |
| Quarter: 1 January 1989 to 30 March 1989 | |||||
| Numbersin training3 | Accidents:1 | All accidentrate/100,000 | |||
| Region | Fatal | Major2 | Minor | ||
| Scotland | 49,454 | — | 15 | 95 | 889 |
| Northern | 30,633 | — | 17 | 94 | 1,449 |
| North West | 60,920 | — | 34 | 123 | 1,030 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 45,461 | — | 28 | 123 | 1,328 |
| West Midlands | 43,937 | 1 | 19 | 103 | 1,119 |
| East Midlands and Eastern | 46,888 | — | 16 | 51 | 571 |
| Wales | 23,880 | — | 8 | 51 | 988 |
| South West | 30,587 | — | 5 | 30 | 457 |
| South East | 40,278 | — | 6 | 35 | 407 |
| London | 21,242 | — | 2 | 11 | 244 |
| 1 Training Agency figures have been compiled on a similar basis to those prepared by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on employed persons. However, the Training Agency's figures will include a number of accidents to trainees in educational establishments and road traffic accidents which may not have been reportable to HSE had the individuals been employed. HSE information is also collected on | |||||
YTS for each quarter since 1 October 1988 by region. Accident rates are expressed as an annual rate per 100,000 trainees.
Quarterly regional accident statistics vary markedly between regions and over time and should be interpreted with caution. The figures are subject to statistically random fluctuations, but are also heavily influenced by differences and changes in the occupational mix of training, in the administrative process of collecting the statistics, and other factors.
| a different geographical basis. | |||||
2 Major injuries are classified according to the severity criteria laid down in the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985 (RIDDOR). These regulations which came into force on 1 April 1986 reclassified fractured wrists and ankles as major injuries which were not considered to be major under the previous regulations, the Notification of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1980 (NADOR). | |||||
3 These figures are provisional. |