HC Deb 20 December 1979 vol 976 cc295-6W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked 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 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‡In addition, cases were withdrawn as follows: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.
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 Lester

The 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.