asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many employers have (a) been cautioned and (b) been prosecuted, and with what result, for infringement of Regulation 28 of the Electricity Regulations 1908 in each year of the last five years to the nearest convenient date.
In 1981 there was a prosecution for breach of regulation 28 of the Electricity Regulations 1908. The employer was convicted and fined £50. Figures for cautions are not kept centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many employers have (a) been cautioned and (b) been prosecuted, and with what results, for infringement of the Electricity (Factories Act) Special Regulations 1908 and 1944 in each of the last five years to the nearest convenient date.
The number of employers prosecuted for infringement of these regulations in 1980–84 inclusive, and the results are included in the following table.
| Year | Employers Prosecuted | Informations | Conviction | Total fines £ |
| 1980 | 31 | 66 | 66 | 14,050 |
| 1981 | 21 | 47 | 47 | 7,225 |
| 1982 | 32 | 61 | 55 | 12,480 |
| 1983 | 29 | 56 | 54 | 15,500 |
| 1984 | 31 | 62 | 61 | 11,770 |