Nhs (Health And Safety) Dr. Evan Harris To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for (a) England, (b) each NHS region and (c) each strategic health authority the proportion of patient occupied floor area not compliant with (i) statutory health and safety regulations and (ii) statutory fire safety regulations in each of the last six years. [100854] Mr. Hutton Data on the proportion of patient occupied floor area that is not compliant with statutory health and safety and statutory fire safety regulations, including compliance with the national health service firecode standards, began in 2001–02 and is shown in the tables. Figures are not yet available for 2002–03. These figures reflect the proportion of the estate that is not fully compliant. Figures are collected for each category separately, and some of the areas covered by one category will also fall into the other. Non-compliant estate will cover a wide variety of conditions, including that which is just below standard. Therefore the figures do not indicate levels of risk, and despite significant proportions being non-compliant, the degree of risk to patients could be very small. Trusts make every effort to remedy any concerns from local enforcement bodies as quickly as possible. This is reflected in the very small numbers of injuries and deaths arising as a result of fires and reportable health and safety incidents in NHS hospitals in England, despite the very high numbers of people who use healthcare premises. Health and safety---------------------- |England total | ---------------------- |London | ---------------------- |Midlands and Eastern| ---------------------- |North | ---------------------- |South | ---------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- |Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire | ------------------------------------------------------- |Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | ------------------------------------------------------- |Birmingham and the Black Country | ------------------------------------------------------- |Cheshire and Merseyside | ------------------------------------------------------- |County Durham and Tees Valley | ------------------------------------------------------- |Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcester | ------------------------------------------------------- |Cumbria and Lancashire | ------------------------------------------------------- |Dorset and Somerset | ------------------------------------------------------- |Essex | ------------------------------------------------------- |Greater Manchester | ------------------------------------------------------- |Hampshire and Isle of Wight | ------------------------------------------------------- |Kent and Medway | ------------------------------------------------------- |Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland | ------------------------------------------------------- |Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire | ------------------------------------------------------- |North and North East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire| ------------------------------------------------------- |North Central London | ------------------------------------------------------- |North East London | ------------------------------------------------------- |North West London | ------------------------------------------------------- |Northumberland, Tyne and Wear | ------------------------------------------------------- |Shropshire and Staffordshire | ------------------------------------------------------- |South East London | ------------------------------------------------------- |South West London | ------------------------------------------------------- |South West Peninsular | ------------------------------------------------------- |South Yorkshire | ------------------------------------------------------- |Surrey and Sussex | ------------------------------------------------------- |Thames Valley | ------------------------------------------------------- |Trent | ------------------------------------------------------- |West Yorkshire | ------------------------------------------------------- Fire safety---------------------- |England total | ---------------------- |London | ---------------------- |Midlands and Eastern| ---------------------- |North | ---------------------- |South | ---------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- |Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire | ------------------------------------------------------- |Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | ------------------------------------------------------- |Birmingham and the Black Country | ------------------------------------------------------- |Cheshire and Merseyside | ------------------------------------------------------- |County Durham and Tees Valley | ------------------------------------------------------- |Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcester | ------------------------------------------------------- |Cumbria and Lancashire | ------------------------------------------------------- |Dorset and Somerset | ------------------------------------------------------- |Essex | ------------------------------------------------------- |Greater Manchester | ------------------------------------------------------- |Hampshire and Isle of Wight | ------------------------------------------------------- |Kent and Medway | ------------------------------------------------------- |Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland | ------------------------------------------------------- |Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire | ------------------------------------------------------- |North and North East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire| ------------------------------------------------------- |North Central London | ------------------------------------------------------- |North East London | ------------------------------------------------------- |North West London | ------------------------------------------------------- |Northumberland, Tyne and Wear | ------------------------------------------------------- |Shropshire and Staffordshire | ------------------------------------------------------- |South East London | ------------------------------------------------------- |South West London | ------------------------------------------------------- |South West Peninsular | ------------------------------------------------------- |South Yorkshire | ------------------------------------------------------- |Surrey and Sussex | ------------------------------------------------------- |Thames Valley | ------------------------------------------------------- |Trent | ------------------------------------------------------- |West Yorkshire | -------------------------------------------------------