§ Mr. ArcherTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, pursuant to the answer of 16 February,Official Report, columns 327–38, he will place in the Library anonymised summaries of the convictions for officers in connection with the employment of children in (a) non-industrial, (b) industrial and (c) agricultural undertakings for the most recent year for which figures are available; and if he will make it his policy to make such summaries available in future years.
§ Mr. John Patten[holding answer 10 April 1989]: The available information relates to prosecutions in 1987 under sections 18, 19, 20 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 notified to the Home Office. There were eight such prosecutions and eight convictions, all leading to fines and no other disposals. Equivalent figures for 1988 will become available later in the year and can be made available on request.