§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many prohibition and how many improvement notices have been served in each of the six-month periods since such notices became available; how many prosecutions have resulted from failure to comply therewith; and how many and what percentage of such prosecution has resulted in convictions.
§ Mr. MayhewThe chairman of the Health and Safety Commission informs me that the information is not available 93W in all the detail requested. He has given me the figures in the tables below.
HEALTH AND SAFETY ENFORCEMENT NOTICES ISSUED Prohibition Improvement Total 1975— January-June … … 934 1,767 2,701 July-December … … 1,275 2,422 3,697 Not separately distinguished … … 241 960 1,201 TOTAL … … 2,450 5,149 7,599 1976— January-June … … 1,279 2,662 3,941 July-December … … 915 2,340 3,255 Not separately distinguished … … 340 2,497 2,837 TOTAL … … 2,534 7,499 10,033 1977— January-June … … 1,354 2,947 4,301 July-December … … 1,312 3,286 4,598 Not separately distinguished … … 464 3,020 3,484 TOTAL … … 3,130 9,253 12,383 1978— January-June … … 1,777 6,110 7,887 July-December … … 1,643 6,048 7,691 TOTAL … … 3,420 12,158 15,578 1979— January-June … … 1,931 6,538 8,469 Note:No information by half year is available for enforcement notices issued by the agricultural inspectorate in 1975 or by local authorities before 1978. 94W
PROSECUTIONS* BY HSC ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH NOTICES, BY DATE OF COMPLETION OF HEARING 1975 Prohibition Improvement Total Number of Information's … … … … 35 43 Convictions— Number† … … … … 8 34 42 Percentage … … … … 100 97 98 1976 Prohibition Improvement Total Number of Informations … … … … 7 84 91 Convictions— Number† … … … … 7 78 85 Percentage … … … … 100 93 93 1977 Prohibition Improvement Total Number of Informations … … … … 12 110 122 Convictions— Number† … … … … 11 105 116 Percentage … … … … 92 95 95 1978 Prohibition Improvement Total Number of Informations … … … … 4 113 117 Convictions— Number† … … … … 4 113 117 Percentage … … … … 100 100 100 1979 (January-October) Prohibition Improvement Total Number of Informations … … … … 6 99 105 Convictions— Number† … … … … 6 99 105 Percentage … … … … 100 100 100 * Prosecutions taken in any one year include cases where the original enforcement notice was issued in the previous year. Notices were not issued before 1975. The table excludes information on local authority prosecutions, details of which are not available. Apart from figures for 1979 up to the end of October no information is available for periods less than calendar years. † In addition, prosecutions relating to 1 notice in 1975, 5 in 1976 and 4 in 1977 were withdrawn.