Factories Act, 1961 (Prosecutions)

HC Deb 01 February 1972 vol 830 cc99-101W

Mr. William Price

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons or firms were prosecuted in each of the districts of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Factories during 1971 for contraventions of the Factories Act, 1961, and associated regulations.

Mr. Dudley Smith

The number of persons or firms prosecuted in 1971 is shown below, district by district, grouped under divisions:

NUMBER OF PERSONS OR FIRMS PROSECUTED IN EACH DISTRICT IN 1971
NORTHERN
1	Carlisle	6
2	Darlington	28
3	Tyne	9
4	Tees	11
5	Newcastle	10
6	Wear	11
24	Hull	12
15	Northern Construction	24
WEST RIDING AND NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE
21	Bradford North	10
22	Bradford South	13
23	Huddersfield	10
25	Leeds West	6
26	Leeds East	11
27	West Yorkshire	8
42	North Lincolnshire	8
43	Rotherham	18
44	Sheffield North	22
45	Sheffield South	43
46	Wakefield	7
35	Leeds Construction	18
55	Sheffield Construction	25
MIDLANDS (BIRMINGHAM)
61	Birmingham East	12
62	Birmingham North	31
63	Birmingham South	15
64	Birmingham West	9
65	Walsall	12
66	Wolverhampton	31
67	Dudley	20
68	Worcester	8
69	Coventry	10
75	Birmingham Construction	30
MIDLANDS (NOTTINGHAM)
82	Derby	15
83	Leicester	13

84	Northampton	8
85	Nottingham	13
86	Stafford	16
87	Stoke-on-Trent	22
88	Lincoln	2
95	Nottingham Construction	20
LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES (NORTH)
101	Cambridge	10
102	Ipswich	3
103	Islington	13
104	Luton	13
105	North London	12
106	North West London	15
107	Norwich	8
108	Brent	10
109	Watford	16
110	Westminster	2
115	London and Home Counties (North) Construction	39
LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES (EAST)
122	Bethnal Green	3
123	Brighton	5
124	East London	8
125	Maidstone	4
126	North East London	11
127	Rochester	5
128	South Essex	6
129	Southwark	12
130	West Ham	5
131	Woolwich	5
135	London and Home Counties (East) Construction	20
LONDON AND HOME COUNTIES (WEST)
141	Croydon	10
142	Ealing	22
143	Horsham	4
144	Kingston	9
145	Portsmouth	11
146	Reading	16
147	Slough	13
148	Southampton	19
149	South London	9
150	West London	7
155	London and Home Counties (West) Construction	44
WALES AND SOUTH WESTERN
161	Bristol North	9
162	Bristol South	5
164	Gloucester	4
165	Plymouth	1
167	Swindon	3
168	Taunton	4
181	Cardiff	16
182	Carmarthen	1
183	Newport	3
184	Swansea	9
185	Wrexham	3
175	South Western Construction	8
195	Wales Construction	16
NORTH WESTERN (LIVERPOOL)
203	Lancaster	3
204	Liverpool North	4
205	Liverpool South	7
206	Preston	3
207	Warrington	8
208	West Cheshire	2
209	Wigan	3
215	Liverpool Construction	20

NORTH WESTERN (MANCHESTER)
221	Ashton-under-Lyne	12
222	Bolton	7
223	Manchester North	17
224	Manchester South	6
225	Burnley	4
226	Rochdale	6
227	Salford	5
228	Stockport	36
235	Manchester Construction	23
SCOTLAND
241	Aberdeen	8
242	Ayr	13
243	Dundee	3
244	Edinburgh	3
245	Fife	2
246	Glasgow North	12
247	Glasgow West	3
248	Lanarkshire	9
249	Renfrew	6
250	Stirling	9
251	Glasgow South	7
255	Scotland (West) Construction	9
256	Scotland (East) Construction	12
	TOTAL	1,330