Health and Safety

HC Deb 31 March 1993 vol 222 cc255-8W

Mr. Cryer

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will list the successful prosecutions undertaken at the Crown court for breaches of the Health

Successful prosecution action taken by Health and Safely Executive (HSE) inspectorates in the Crown court 1 January 1992 to 31 March 1992
Company	Crown court	Date of hearing	Sentence £
Ashby Demolition1	Knightsbridge	2 January 1992	7,500
St. Regis Paper Co.	Newport	2 January 1992	2,000
Lye Spencer Steel Services	Newport	31 January 1992	20,000
Senior Bigwood Ltd.	Newport	31 January 1992	10,000

and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974 during 1992 and in 1993 to the most recent practicable date together with the sentences imposed.

Mr. McLoughlin

[pursuant to his reply, 5 February 1993]: I regret that in my original reply the table of prosecutions was incomplete. The revised table is as follows:

Company	Crown court	Date of hearing	Sentence £
Pro Footwear	Burnley	5 February 1992	2700
Sansoms (Newport) Ltd.1	Newport	6 February 1992	2,500
Michael Poulter	Portsmouth	24 February 1992	3C/d
D. Short Ltd.	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	26 February 1992	9,000
Leeds City Council	Leeds	28 February 1992	15,000
British Gas	Liverpool	3 March 1992	100,000
Caird Environment Ltd.1	Birmingham	23 March 1992	50,000
Fletchers Bakeries Ltd.1	Sheffield	25 March 1992	10,000
1 Case given in origin reply.
2 Case heard in Magistrate's court, company appealed against sentence to the Crown court.
3 Conditional discharge.

In my original reply I also undertook to make available information covering the period 1 April 1992 to 31 January 1993 once it had been checked for accuracy. This

Successful prosecution action taken by Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectorates in the Crown court 1 April 1992 to 31 January 1993
Company	Crown court	Date of hearing	Sentence £
Paul Anthony Rooney	Wolverhampton	3 April 1992	4,000
Lyons Bakery	Sheffield	27 April 1992	10,000
Midlands Petfood Canners Ltd.	Northampton	27 April 1992	10,000
Balmoral Group	Sheffield	27 April 1992	10,000
Tarmac Construction	Maidstone	27 April 1992	18,000
Taylor Woodrow	Maidstone	27 April 1992	18,000
Wimpey Construction (UK) Ltd.	Maidstone	27 April 1992	18,000
Balfour Beattie	Maidstone	27 April 1992	18,000
Costain	Maidstone	27 April 1992	18,000
Shell UK Oils Ltd.	Chelmsford	14 May 1992	100,000
A. S. Dunn	Doncaster	19 May 1992	1750
Adrian William Bull	Bristol	16 June 1992	300
Lionel Whitnell t/a Whitnell Plan	St. Albans	6 July 1992	30,000
Eugena Ltd.	Knightsbridge	13 July 1992	21,000
MWH Leisure Ltd.	Lewes	24 July 1992	40,000
Barris Fire Protection Ltd.	Kensington	12 August 1992	8,000
Chapmans Chalk Supplies Ltd.	Lewes	18 August 1992	310,000
Mr. G. F. Thompson	Winchester	18 August 1992	5,000
D. J. and S. J. Hutchinson	Teeside	21 August 1992	500
Mr. Stanley Davis	Knightsbridge	28 August 1992	200
Courtaulds Ltd.	Bolton	11 September 1992	5,000
Mr. G. I. Gardner	Haverford West	28 September 1992	150 hours community service
Michael Kendray	Carlisle	28 September 1992	7,000
Bank of England	Chelmsford	9 October 1992	5,000
Courtaulds Fibres Ltd.	Grimsby	23 October 1992	100,000
Deborah Grayson Scaffolding	Wolverhampton	26 October 1992	12,000
Hertz Equipment Rental (UK)	Wolverhampton	26 October 1992	12,000
A. M. Marks and Co. Ltd.	Leeds	6 November 1992	7,600
P. Colohan and Co. Ltd.	Kingston	6 November 1992	2,500
F. J. Sloan and Co. Ltd.	Kingston	6 November 1992	1,100
Profelt	Northampton	13 November 1992	3,000
Gerry Jones Transport	Hereford	20 November 1992	21,000
McEdward Franklin	Inner London	11 December 1992	2,500
Lodge Sturtevant Ltd.	Chelmsford	5 January 1993	21,000
Michael Stephen Grove	Bradford	13 January 1993	2,000
Mowlem Civil Engineering Ltd.	Manchester	19 January 1993	10,000
Sedgely Construction Co. Ltd.	Manchester	19 January 1993	2,000
W. Reidy and Son. Ltd.	Manchester	25 January 1993	40,000
Allied Colloids plc	Bradford	29 January 1993	100,000
T. and S. Rix Ltd.	Hull	29 January 1993	4,000
1 £750, plus a six month prison sentence suspended for two years.
2 Cases heard in the Magistrate's court but where the company appealed against sentence to the Crown court.
3 Mr. Chapman was also disqualified for two years under the Companies Act from working as a director. He has appealed against the sentence.

information is set out in the following table. The data should still be regarded as provisional as they include cases referred to the Crown court on appeal.