HC Deb 20 December 1988 vol 144 cc227-8W
Mr. Strang

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will list the number of enforcement notices and prosecutions undertaken by construction inspectors in the 12 months before the construction blitz, during the blitz and after the blitz.

Mr. Nicholls

The Health and Safety Executive's programme of blitzes on construction sites took place between 1 April 1987 and 30 September 1988. The number of prosecutions taken and enforcement notices issued against construction activities in the 12 months before the blitz, during the time the blitz was taking place and since the blitz ended is as follows:

Period Prosecutions taken Enforcement notices issued
1 April 1986–31 March 1987 375 1,063
1 April 1987–30 September 1988 1448 14,521
1 October 1988–30 November 1988 18 1141
1 Provisional.

Note

These figures include action taken during each blitz as well as routine inspections of construction activities.