HC Deb 08 December 1978 vol 959 c800W
Mr. Grylls

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many improvement notices and prohibition notices have been issued; how many prosecutions have been made how many convictions have been secured; and what was the average amount of fines imposed, by the Health and Safety Executive, up to 30th September 1978.

Mr. John Grant,

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 4th December 1978; Vol. 959, c. 478], 'gave the following information:

The chairman of the Health and Safety Commission advises me that provisional figures are as follows:

January 1975—September 1978*
Improvement notices 20,731
Prohibition notices 8,928
Informations laid 10,582
Convictions secured 9,687
Average penalty per information laid. £84
*Figures for the Agricultural Inspectorate exclude the three months June to September 1978 and, in the case of informations and convictions, the year 1975.