§ Mr. BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many (a) improvement notices, (b) prohibition notices and (c) prosecutions have been issued or commenced by the Health and Safety Executive's offshore division (i) from 1 April 1991 to 31 March 1992 and (ii) since 1 April 1992; and what were the results and penalties in each case of a completed prosecution.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[pursuant to his reply, 12 February 1993, c. 818]: I regret that the statistics provided were incomplete. This was due to information from only one of the two Aberdeen operations units being included. The correct answer should read as follows.
1 April 1991 to 31 March 1992 Since 1 April 1992 Number of improvement notices served Nil 17 Number of prohibition notices served 2 5 Information on completed prosecutions is as follows:
- (i) between 1 April 1991 and 31 March 1992, a total of 3 companies were convicted and fines of £850, £20,000 and £5,000 respectively were imposed.
623 - (ii) Since 1 April 1992, a total of 6 companies have been convicted and fines of £100,000, £1,000, £30,000, £1,000, £1,000 and £5,000 respectively were imposed. Charges brought against two companies were not proved.