HC Deb 03 April 1981 vol 2 cc173-4W
Mr. John Grant

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the effect on the work of his Department of industrial action by civil servants.

Mr. Waddington

For the effect on unemployment benefit payments, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Luton, West (Mr. Carlisle) on 31 March. A certain amount of other work has been delayed by short stoppages mostly of less than a day.

Mr. Waddington

Details of prosecutions for breach of the provisions related to the duties of employers of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (including other relevant statutory provisions) are not available for all prosecutions taken by the Health and Safety Executive. The information available for 1979 is given below; the results of prosecutions are given in terms of informations laid rather than cases (one case can cover a number of informations). Corresponding figures for 1980 are not yet available.