HC Deb 13 November 1992 vol 213 cc981-2W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many prosecutions by the wages inspectorate for breaches of the minimum wage rates legislation have been undertaken in(a) Pendle, (b) Lancashire, (c) the north west region and (d) the United Kingdom for each year since 1979.

Mr. McLoughlin

The information held is for Great Britain, not the United Kingdom, and is detailed in the following table:

The number of prosecutions by the wages inspectorate for breaches under part 2 of the Wages Act 1986
Year Pendle Lancashire North west division Great Britain
1979 0 0 0 12
1980 0 0 1 8
1981 0 0 1 10
1982 0 0 1 7
1983 0 0 0 2
1984 0 0 0 2
1985 0 0 0 2
1986 0 0 0 3
1987 0 1 2 8
1988 0 0 2 11
1989 0 0 0 10
1990 0 0 1 9
1991 0 0 1 17
11992 0 0 0 11
1 To date.