§ Mr. Rhys Daviesasked the Minister of Labour if he will give up-to-date statistics showing the number of workpeople and employers, respectively, who have been prosecuted at the instance of his Department for violating the industrial code which did not exist before the outbreak of the present war, dividing the figures as between males and females; how many in each category have been imprisoned; and in how many cases have the courts refused to convict.
§ Mr. BevinUp to 31st August, 1944, 29,677 male workers, 8,179 female workers and 173 employers were prosecuted for the offences mentioned in the Question. Of these 2,137 male workers and 371 female workers were sentenced to imprisonment. No employers were so sentenced. Detailed statistics are not available showing the number of cases in which the courts have refused to convict, but it is estimated that the number of cases dismissed did not exceed 2 out of every 1,000 prosecutions.