Health And Safety

Alistair Burt

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many prosecutions for breaches of Health and Safety legislation in Bedfordshire took place in (a) 2002 and (b) each of the preceding three years. [119691]

The information is in the table.

Number of health and safety at work prosecutions by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and local authorities in Bedfordshire
Year¹	Separate offences prosecuted
2001–02²	26.
2000–01	23
1999–2000	8
1998–99	23
¹ The annual basis is the planning year from 1 April to 31 March.
² HSE figure only. Figures for local authorities will be available in July 2003.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the funding for the Health and Safety Executive in (a) 2003–04 and (b) each of the last three years. [119692]

The information is in the table.

	¹Budget (£ million)
2000–01²	181.3
2001–02³	199.4
2002–03	210.4
2003–04	225.5
¹ The funding has been interpreted as the total amount voted by Parliament.
² The budget for 2000–01 was the last under the cash budget system.
³ The increase in the funding was due to the introduction/ implementation of Resource Accounting and Budgeting in Government Departments. Under RAB, all departments produce budgets and accounts on an accruals basis, which include costs for depreciation, cost of capital and provisions for liabilities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many work-related (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries occurred in North East Bedfordshire in (i) 2001–02, (ii) 2000–01 and (iii) 1999–2000. [119693]

Information for North East Bedfordshire is not available.

Table 1: The number of fatal and major injuries reported to HSE in the local authority area of Mid Bedfordshire, 1999–2000 to 2001–02
Year	Fatal injury	Major injury
1999–2000	1	51
2000–01	—	51
2001–02	—	51

Table 2: The number of fatal and major injuries reported to local authorities in the local authority area of Mid Bedfordshire, 1999–2000 to 2001–02
Year	Fatal injury	Major injury
1999–2000	—	14
2000–01	—	14
2001–02	—	11

Notes:

1. Fatal and major injuries reported and defined under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995.

2. The information available under RIDDOR 95 includes three categories of severity, fatal, defined major injuries and other injuries leading to more than three days absence (over-three-day). Fatal and major injury statistics have been provided.

3. The annual basis is the planning year from 1 April 31 March.

4. Statistics relate to workers (which include employees and self-employed people) and members of the public.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) work-related deaths and (b) serious work-related injuries there were in Stoke-on-Trent, North in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [119695]

Information for Stoke-on-Trent, North is not available.

Table 1: The number of fatal and major injuries reported to HSE in the local authority area of Stoke-on-Trent, 1997–98 to 2001–02
	Fatal injury	Major injury
1997–98	1	243
1998–99	4	228
1999–2000	1	214
2000–01	4	189
2001–02	—	193

Table 2: The number of fatal and major injuries reported to local authorities in the local authority area of Stoke-on-Trent, 1997–98 to 2001–02
	Fatal injury	Major injury
1997–98	—	40
1998–99	—	50
1999–2000	—	91
2000–01	—	42
2001–02	—	64

Notes:

1. Fatal and major injuries reported and defined under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995.

2. The information available under RIDDOR 95 includes three categories of severity: fatal, defined major injuries and other injuries leading to more than three days absence (over-three-day). Fatal and major injury statistics have been provided.

3. The annual basis is the planning year from 1 April to 31 March.

4. Statistics relate to workers (which include employees and self-employed people) and members of the public.

Volume 407: debated on Monday 23 June 2003