HC Deb 20 December 1994 vol 251 cc1097-8W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will place in the Library a list of construction companies that have been successfully prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive in the last five years together with the judgments obtained.

Mr. Oppenheim

Information is not held centrally in the form requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The numbers of information laid by the Health and Safety Executive and the resulting convictions in the construction sector in each of the last five years for which figures are available are shown in the table:

Year of hearing1 Information laid Convictions Average fine per conviction (£)
1989–90 781 658 762
1990–91 746 600 857
1991–92 746 604 1,035
1992–93 701 572 1,279
1993–942 523 410 3,412
1 Years commencing 1 April
2 Provisional

Mr. Robert Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what plans he has to introduce legislation on construction design and safety regulations.

Mr. Oppenheim

I hope to make an announcement shortly.