§ David DavisTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many prosecutions have been carried out against shopkeepers selling goods in imperial measurements in(a) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (b) England. [172759]
§ Mr. SutcliffeThe Department does not hold comprehensive information on prosecutions carried out by trading standards departments. However, we are aware of five prosecutions of traders selling goods in imperial measurements: one each in Sunderland, Hackney and Sutton and two in Cornwall.
East Riding Trading Standards Department inform us that it has carried out no such prosecutions.