§ Mr. Andrew F. BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many individuals are currently circulated with the following minutes of Health and Safety Commission meetings (i) commission minutes, (ii) management board minutes, (iii) chief inspectors management meeting minutes and (iv) executive minutes; if he has knowledge of any proposals to extend the current circulation; and if he will place copies of these in the Library.
§ Mr. NichollsThe circulation of these minutes is an internal matter for the Health and Safety Commission and Executive.
§ Mr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many prosecutions have been undertaken by the Health and Safety Executive under section 6 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974; and how many of these were successful.
§ Mr. Nicholls[holding answer 29 January 1990]: From 1975–1980, HSE's factory inspectorate laid 130 informations under section 6, of which 110 resulted in convictions, while five informations were withdrawn. In the period 1981 to the end of the financial year 1987–88 (the latest year for which figures are currently available), the factory and agricultural inspectorate laid 224 informations, of which 184 were successful and 17 withdrawn. Data on section 6 prosecutions taken by other inspectorates within HSE cannot be provided without disproportionate cost.