Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many frontline inspectors the Health and Safety Executive has employed in each of the last 10 years.
The number of frontline inspectors the Health and Safety Executive has employed in each of the last 10 years are as follows:
HSE (including ONR) | ||||
2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 |
1,463 | 1,495 | 1,450 | 1,432 | 1,367 |
HSE (excluding ONR) | ||||
2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 |
1,051 | 1,038 | 1,037 | 988 | 978 |
HSE inspector numbers are as per the respective Annual Report and Accounts.
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) became an independent statutory public corporation on 1 April 2014 and are excluded from 2013/14 onwards.