§ Mr. Woodallasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list (a) the number of prosecutions and (b) the number of applications to industrial tribunals, taken under the Safety Representative and Safety Committee Regulations 1977, with the relevant section of the regulations and result, for the years 1977 to 1982, inclusive.
§ Mr. WaddingtonNo prosecutions have been taken under the Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1977.
The number of applications to industrial tribunals which were all made under regulation 4.2 of these regulations—which gives safety representatives the right to time off with pay to perform their statutory functions and to undergo training—are given in the following table:
No. of Applications 1978 (Oct.-Dec.) 2 1979 30 1980 11 1981 7 1982 (Jan.-Nov.) 27 Note: The regulations came into operation on 1 October 1978.
Information about the results of these applications is not readily available, and cannot be obtained without disproportionate cost.