§ Mr. Dellasked the Minister of Labour how many firms were prosecuted for failure to report factory accidents in each of the years 1959–64, inclusive.
§ Mr. ThorntonThe same statistical code number is used to classify the three offences of failure to notify accidents, dangerous occurrences and cases of industrial disease. Separate figures for each offence are not available.
The number of firms prosecuted for all three offences in the years 1959–64 were:
1959 … … … 38 1960 … … … 72 1961 … … … 78 1962 … … … 65 1963 … … … 72 1964 … … … 219 The increase in the 1964 figure (only now available) is partly due to prosecutions undertaken as a result of the April, 1964, Survey on Reporting Standards.