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Mr. Sproat
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many prosecutions for the employment of minors there have been in the latest 12-month period for which figures are available; and in what trades the minors were working.
Mr. John Grant
I am informed by the Chairman of the Health and Safety Commission that, during 1976, 16 employers were convicted of a total of 25 offences relating to the employment of children and young persons. The industries concerned were:
| Industry | Convictions |
| Aluminium door Manufacture | 1 |
| Brickmaking | 1 |
| Clothing | 4 |
| Concrete Product manufacture | 1 |
| Engineering | 1 |
| Foundry (non-ferrous) | 1 |
| Motor vehicle repair | 6 |
| Quilt making | 1 |
| Scarp metal | 1 |
| Silk screen printing | 5 |
| Sugar confectionery | 1 |
| Tarpaulin Manufacture | 1 |
| Wood turning | 1 |