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Noise Control

Volume 168: debated on Wednesday 28 February 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what penalties, in each case, followed the eight prosecutions in the period 1981 to 1989 relating to the control of noise, referred to in his answer of 26 October 1989, Official Report, columns 598–99.

The following penalties were imposed:

Health and Safety Executive areaYearResultFine imposed £
Scotland West1981Dismissed
West and North Yorkshire1983Guilty50
West and North Yorkshire1984Guilty1,000
Scotland West1984Guilty1
East Anglia1987–88Guilty500
North East1987–88Guilty600
South Yorkshire and Humberside1988–89Guilty1
West and North Yorkshire1988–89Guilty500
1 Conditional discharge.