Employers (Prosecutions) (Hansard, 31 October 1990)

§ Mr. Worthington
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment in which year an employer was last prosecuted for(a) illegal underpayment of wages, (b) failure to produce records and (c) producing false records.

§ Mr. Forth
Employers have been prosecuted on one or more of these charges during the course of 1990.

§ Mr. Worthington
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of civil proceedings taken by the wages inspectorate in Scotland in each year from 1979 to 1989 inclusive.

§ Mr. Forth
Two civil proceeding cases were taken by the wages inspectorate in Scotland between 1979 and 1989; both were in 1984.

§ Mr. Worthington
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of cases in Scotland passed by the wages inspectorate to the procurator fiscal for consideration or prosecution in each year from 1985 to 1989; and if he will indicate for the cases where there was decision not to prosecute, the reasons for these decisions.

§ Mr. Forth
No cases were passed to the procurator fiscal during the period specified.