HC Deb 05 February 1991 vol 185 c89W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many prosecutions the health and safety inspectorate initiated in Wales in 1990; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Forth

Provisional figures for the year beginning 1 April 1989 show that the Health and Safety Executive's agriculture, factories, mines and quarries inspectorates and the nuclear installations inspectorate laid a total of 119 informations for breaches of health and safety legislation in Wales.