HC Deb 06 March 1984 vol 55 c511W
Mr. Waller

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will state, for each responsible local authority, the number of successful prosecutions under the

Successful prosecutions reported to the Director General of Fair Trading for offences against the Textile Products (Indications of Fibre Content) Regulations 1973
Number of successful prosecutions reported
Enforcement authority 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Total 1978–1983
West Yorkshire 1 7 12 3 19 26 68
Lancashire 1 2 2 1 1 7
South Yorkshire 3 3 6
Mid Glamorgan 1 4 5
Hounslow 4 4
Merseyside 2 1 1 4
Shropshire 1 1 1 3
Camden —. 2 2
Cheshire 1 1 2
Derbyshire 2 2
Enfield 1 1 2
Greater Manchester 1 1 2
Gwent o — 1 1 2
Kensington and Chelsea 1 1 2
Leicestershire 1 1 2
South Glamorgan 2 2
Belfast 1 1
Brent 1 1
Cambridgeshire 1 1
Clwyd 1 1
Gloucestershire 1 1
Islington 1 1
Kent 1 1
Lambeth 1 1
North Yorkshire 1 1
Staffordshire 1 1
Sutton 1 1
Westminster City 1 1
Total 3 14 24 16 36 34 127

Mr. Waller

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will state, for each responsible local authority, the number of successful prosecutions which took place in 1982 and 1983 under the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 in relation to the provisions of the Trade Descriptions (Origin Marking) (Miscellaneous Goods) Order 1981.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

From information supplied by local authorities on a voluntary basis to the Director General of Fair Trading, I understand that each of the following trading standards departments brought a successful prosecution in respect of infringements of the order: Greater Manchester (1982), Kent (1983), Lancashire (1983) and Clwyd (1983).