§ 23. Mr. GROVESasked the Minister of Health how many employers of labour have been guilty of not stamping the cards of their employés; and the number of prosecutions undertaken by his Department and the results therefrom?
Sir H. YOUNGAs regards the first part of the question, there are no statistics of the total number of cases of non-compliance, many of which are due to oversight or misunderstanding and are rectified as the result of inspection. The number of prosecutions of employers in England and Wales in 1931 for failure to pay health and pensions insurance contributions was 1,104, all except 29 of which were successful, resulting in orders for the payment of £2,900 in fines and £938 in costs, together with outstanding arrears of contributions.