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Inspections
and other contacts with Workplaces
Analysis
of total number of Contacts
Table 1 shows that the total number of recorded contacts
with premises has decreased between 1996/7 and 2000/01
by 24,774 – a decrease of 13%. There is no data
available on the number of registered premises prior
to 2002, so it has not been possible to determine
if any of this decline can be explained by a decrease
in the number of registered premises.
Table 1
Total Number of contacts, (1996/7 – 2000/01)
|
Total
Contacts |
| 1996/7 |
194,650 |
| 1997/8 |
178,267 |
| 1998/00 |
176,229 |
| 1999/00 |
169,959 |
| 2000/01 |
168,876 |
Table
2 looks at the number of contacts in different HSE
areas and indicates how the levels of contacts have
changed in each area over a five-year period. Three
areas have increased their contacts: South, South
West, and Scotland East. In all other areas, the numbers
of contacts have decreased across the period. The
level of decline ranges from a decrease of just 0.7%
in Greater London (with 91 fewer contacts) to a decrease
of 36% in South Yorkshire (3,377 fewer contacts).
Table 2
Total Contacts by HSE Area, (1996/7 – 2000/01)
| |
1996/7 |
2000/01 |
Nos
Diff |
%
Diff |
| South
Yorkshire |
9,315 |
5,938 |
-3,337 |
-33.6 |
| Marches |
13,106 |
8,954 |
-4152 |
-31.7 |
| West
Midlands |
9,636 |
6,971 |
-2,665 |
-27.7 |
| Wast
Midlands |
9,429 |
7,042 |
-2,387 |
-25.3 |
| N/then
Home Counties |
9,279 |
7,134 |
-2,145 |
-23.1 |
| North
West |
10,804 |
8,333 |
-2,471 |
-22.9 |
| N
& W Yorkshire |
11,506 |
9,224 |
-2,282 |
19.8 |
| East
Anglia |
8,978 |
7,521 |
-1,457 |
-16.2 |
| North
East |
9,013 |
7582 |
-1,431 |
-15.9 |
| G/ter
Manchester |
10,294 |
8,885 |
-1,409 |
-13.7 |
| Scotland
West |
8,079 |
7,235 |
-844 |
-10.4 |
| South
East |
9,473 |
8,678 |
-795 |
-8.4 |
| North
Midlands |
9,028 |
8,509 |
-519 |
-5.7 |
| Wales |
11,039 |
10,483 |
-556 |
-5.0 |
| Merseyside |
9,422 |
9,086 |
-336 |
-3.6 |
| Greater
London |
12,971 |
12,880 |
-91 |
-0.7 |
| South
West |
10,449 |
10,525 |
+76 |
+0.7 |
| Scotland
East |
13,002 |
13,664 |
+662 |
+5.0 |
| South |
9,827 |
11,232 |
+1,405 |
+14.3 |
Table
3 examines the number of contacts in different industry
groupings and how the levels of contact have changed
over a five-year period. It shows that there have
been decreases in all industrial sectors, with the
greatest reduction of actual contacts being 15,476
in the Construction sector, compared to a reduction
of only 831 in Manufacturing; the greatest percentage
reduction was in Extractive industry sector, where
there was a decline of 34%.
Table 3
Total Contacts by Industry, (1996/7 – 2000/01)
|
1996/7 |
2000/01 |
Nos
Diff |
%
Diff |
| Energy/Extractive |
4,319 |
2,863 |
-1,456 |
-33.7 |
| Construction |
57,205 |
41,729 |
-15,476 |
-27.0 |
| Agriculture |
19,454 |
16,073 |
-3,381 |
-17.4 |
| Service
Sector |
53,396 |
49,766 |
-3,630 |
-
6.8 |
| Manufacturing |
60,276 |
59,445 |
-
831 |
-
1.3 |
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