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Health and Safety Commission concern over safety implications following a 10% drop in local authority inspection rates.

Publication: M2 Presswire
Publication Date: 31-JUL-03
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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M2 PRESSWIRE-31 July 2003-UK Government: Health and Safety Commission concern over safety implications following a 10% drop in local authority inspection rates(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) today are concerned over the growing trend among local authorities to reduce the priority given to health and safety enforcement resulting in a 10% drop in inspection rates.

The reduction, taken from statistics issued under the HELA report today, show that the reduction also means that there are less full time equivalent officers responsible for health and safety than there were five years ago, continuing with a...

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