NOHSAC Report

2.2.5   Budgets

The following budget and performance data were available from the HSE, providing information about both the HSC and the HSE.

TABLE 2.9 Annual budgets for the HSE 2001/04
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
£ million $NZ million £ million $NZ million £ million $NZ million
Administration costs 192.5 554.5 195.1 562.0 196.0 564.6
Programme expenditure 49.4 142.3 54.4 156.7 59.3 170.8
Income (59.4) (171.1) (58.3) (167.9) (54.3) (156.4)
Total HSE resource budget 182.5 525.7 191.2 550.8 201.0 579.0
HSL resource budget ** 6.9 19.9 9.9 28.5 9.9 28.5
HSL capital budget 4.2 12.1 4.2 12.1 4.2 12.1
Total managed expenditure 191.4 551.3 203.1 585.0 212.9 613.3
** HSL is the Health and Safety Laboratory.
TABLE 2.10 Total HSC/HSE staff in post by division/directorate
1999 2000 2001 2002
Division Directorate
Health and Safety Commission Support
and Senior Management Support Unit
32 33
Solicitor’s Office 20 20 22 25
Policy Unit (and Training Initiative) 42 41
Resources and Planning Directorate 507 506 500 542
Health Directorate 250 258 245 257
Safety Policy Directorate 144 136 127 122
Strategy and Analytical Support Directorate1 102.6 112
Railways Directorate 7
Operations Group
Operations Unit 20 26 13 13
Local Authority Unit 17 15 17 20
Field Operations Directorate 1,415 1,440
HM Railway Inspectorate 97 108
Field Operations Directorate and
HM Railway Inspectorate2
1,567 1,726
Chemical and Hazardous Installations Division 271 287
HM Inspectorate of Mines 35 32
Offshore Safety Division 237 230
Hazardous Installations Directorate3 526 583
Nuclear Safety Directorate 224 240 247 280
Directorate of Science and Technology 167 167
Electrical Equipment Certification Service 51 50 44 48
Technology Division4 123 135
Total HSE staff 3,529 3,589 3,534 3,870
Health and Safety Laboratory 351 348 360 367
Total staff 3,880 3,937 3,894 4,237
Notes
1. The Strategy and Analytical Support Directorate was formed from the Senior Management Support Unit, Policy Unit, Statisticians’ Branch, Economic Advisors Unit and Risk Assessment Policy Unit.
2. Field Operations Directorate and HM Railway Inspectorate brigaded May 2000.
3. From 1 April 2000, the Chemical Hazards Installations Division, Offshore Division and HM Mines Inspectorate combined to form the Hazardous Installations Directorate.
4. The Technology Division was formed from the main part of the Directorate of Science Technology, the other parts of which were moved into other directorates.
TABLE 2.11 Total HSC/HSE staff in post by occupational group
Occupational Group 1999 2000 2001 2002
Inspectors* 1,497 1,507 1,534 1,614
Other professional or specialist staff 1,244 1,311 1,333 1,413
Other staff 1,139 1,119 1,027 1,210
Total staff 3,880 3,937 3,894 4,237
* Includes inspectors on non-inspection duties (e.g. line management, contributing to policy or technical standards).
TABLE 2.12 HSE Output and performance measures
Activities 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04
Major hazards
Number of safety cases/reports and nuclear licence
actions considered and processed
650 781 812 730
% safety cases/reports and nuclear licence actions processed to time 89 86 88 88
Compliance
Number of regulatory contacts, including inspections and
investigations, made with employers and duty holders
193,000 200,000 206,000 213,000
Number of incidents/complaints investigated 34,100 41,000 41,500 42,000
% complaints (about work activities) investigated 76 83 87 92
% reported events (accidents/incidents) investigated 6.7 10 10.5 10.6
% high risk workplaces receiving annual site regulatory contact 100 100 100 100
% inspector time on site/contact and related activities
(as a proportion of total time available)
80 80 80 80
Mandatory activities
Modernise and simplify the legal framework
Sets of regulations, Approval Code of Practice, consultative
documents and new guidance documents introduced
79 64 67 62
% sets of regulations, ACOPs, consultative documents
and guidance documents introduced to time
90 90 90 90
Provide information and advice
Number of publicity products purchased or accessed
(including electronic)
14.4m 28m 28m 28m
Number of publicity products made available 7,700 9,600 8,300–9,600 8,300–9,600
Number of enquiries dealt with 550,000 N/A N/A N/A
% Infoline calls answered within 15 seconds N/A 85 85 85
% public enquiries responded to within ten days 100 100 100 100
Resources and outputs
Implement risk and technical policy projects 120 80 80 80
% of research projects to be let through competition
or collaboration
N/A 55–65 55–65 55–65
Operate statutory schemes
Providing regulatory services, e.g., issuing exemptions,
statutory certificates
3,700 3,338 4,501 4,496
% service products (statutory certificates, etc.)
processed to time
93 94 95 95