§ Mr. McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many improvement and prohibition notices have been served under the Safety Representatives and Safety Committee Regulations 1977 for each year since 1978; [23372]
(2) how many prosecutions there have been under the Safety Representatives and Safety Committee Regulations 1977 for each year since 1978. [23371]
§ Mr. OppenheimAccording to available information, the Health and Safety Executive's field inspectorates issued one improvement notice under these regulations, in 1984. They did not issue a prohibition notice or initiate a prosecution during the period. Details of enforcement action by other inspectorates and by local authorities are not readily available on a regulation-by-regulation basis, and this information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.