Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent inspectors have been employed in each region of the country by the Health and Safety Executive in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
The number of full-time equivalent inspectors employed in each region of the country by the Health and Safety Executive in each of the last five years are as follows:
| 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 |
East Midlands | 75 | 72 | 71 | 68 | 47 |
East of England | 85 | 80 | 78 | 80 | 92 |
London | 87 | 81 | 74 | 65 | 69 |
North East | 41 | 47 | 48 | 46 | 41 |
North West | 251 | 217 | 232 | 212 | 208 |
Scotland | 147 | 164 | 184 | 176 | 175 |
South East | 72 | 71 | 71 | 62 | 64 |
South West | 59 | 63 | 63 | 56 | 58 |
Wales | 60 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 62 |
West Midlands | 77 | 80 | 58 | 61 | 58 |
Yorkshire and Humber | 96 | 98 | 94 | 98 | 105 |
Total | 1051 | 1038 | 1037 | 988 | 978 |
HSE inspector numbers are as per the respective Annual Report and Accounts.