§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether his Department contributed the United Kingdom figures on consumer prices included in table 111 of "Basic Statistics of the Community" published
Prosecutions of individuals by HSE Inspectorates 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 (January to September) Factory inspectorate Directors*— Cases 7 3 7 12 3 Convictions†: Number 7 3Ŧ 7 9 2 Percentage 100 100Ŧ 100 75 67 Managers— Cases 1 — 2 4 1 Convictions†: Number — — 2 1 — Percentage — — 100 25 — Other employees— Cases 14 16 25 39 34 Convictions†: Number 13 13 23 39 32 Percentage 93 81 92 100 94 Note: Cases can include more than one information. * Excluding partners and self-employed. ‡In addition, cases were withdrawn as follows:
1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 (January to September) Directors … — — — 1 — Managers … — — — — — Other employees … — 2 — — — ‡In one of the cases, one information was dismissed out of the six taken. 296W
Agricultural Inspectorate 1976 1977 1978 1979 (January—September) Directors*— Informations … … … 113 181 226 151 Convictions†: Number … … … 102 168 203 142 Percentage … … … 90 93 90 94 by the European Economic Council for the year 1979.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe figures are prepared by the statistical office of the Community based on the component information of the retail prices index (RPI) compiled by my Department. The figures are an incorrect recombination of the components of the RPI and the statistical office of the Community has agreed to present them in future publications on a basis consistent with the RPI.