HC Deb 30 November 1989 vol 162 c403W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy how many prosecutions of electricity boards were initiated by his engineering inspectorate in 1979 and each succeeding year.

Mr. Wakeham

No prosecutions of the electricity boards were initiated by the engineering inspectorate of the Department of Energy between 1979 and 1988. One prosecution has been initiated so far in 1989.