Stop Now Orders

HC Deb 06 February 2004 vol 417 cc1097-8W

Ross Cranston

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the Stop Now Orders that were issued in(a) 2001, (b) 2002 and (c) 2003; whether any of these were for traders based in the area of Dudley metropolitan borough council; and if she will make a statement. [152462]

Mr. Sutcliffe

Since June 2001 when the Stop Now Orders (EC Directive) came into force, seven stop now orders have been sought and obtained from the Courts. In 2001 one was obtained by a Trading Standards Department. In 2002 two were obtained by Trading Standards Departments and two by the Office of Fair Trading. In 2003 one was obtained by a Trading Standards Department and one by the Office of Fair Trading. None of the orders were concerned with traders based in the area of Dudley metropolitan council.