§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many individuals and how many
Prosecutions taken by Health and Safety Inspectorates and Agencies under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 *1981 All cases (excluding local authorities) Informations laid 373 658 706 644 654 477 Convictions Number 330 576 617 558 575 410 Percentage 88 88 87 87 88 86 Withdrawn Number 19 46 43 39 44 29 Percentage 5 7 6 6 7 6 Dismissed Number 24 35 46 47 35 38 Percentage 6 5 7 7 5 8 Average fine per conviction £131 £121 £148 £214 £233 £222 Local authorities Informations laid 18 34 194 156 277 243 Convictions Number 17 34 164 120 240 216 Percentage 94 100 85 77 87 8 * Provisional. General note to table: One case can cover several informations. Information for 1982 is not yet available. Details for 1975 are not available as the Act was introduced at various stages throughout that year, and comprehensive records were not collated. Full details about the results of local authority prosecutions are not available.