§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many designers, manufacturers, importers and suppliers, respectively, have been prosecuted under section 6 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 during each year in which the Act has been in operation; and what were the results of such prosecutions.
§ Mr. WaddingtonI refer the hon. and learned Member to the answer I gave to him on 17 March 1981. Full information for 1980 is not yet available.
§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many improvement and how many prohibition notices under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 respectively, have been issued during each six month period in which these have been available; and how many prosecutions have resulted from failure to comply with prohibition and with improvement notices, respectively.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe following table shows numbers of improvement and prohibition notices issued during each six month period from January 1978 to June 1980.
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Health and safety enforcement notices issued. Prohibition Improvement Total 1978 January–June 1,777 6,120 7,897 July–December 1,657 6,097 7,754 Total 3,434 12,217 15,651 1979 January–June 1,951 6,536 8,487 July–December 1,723 6,981 8,704 Total 3,674 13,517 17,191 1980 January–June 1,638 6,463 8,101
§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many Crown prohibition and how many Crown improvement notices have been served under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
§ Mr. Waddington25 Crown prohibition notices and 40 Crown improvement notices had been issued between 1 July 1978 (when the system came into operation) and 30 September 1980.