To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been prosecuted under the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations in the last five years. (81074)

I have been asked to reply.

The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004 is enforced by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the police on behalf of the Department for Transport which has the policy lead.

HSE has taken seven prosecutions under the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004 and predecessor legislation.

One further prosecution has been taken under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. This prosecution related to the 2004 Regulations.

One of these prosecutions was taken against an individual person.

One of these prosecutions was taken against a partnership.

Information on police prosecutions is unavailable; the Court Proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform holds information on all prosecutions including police prosecutions but does not separately identify the offences requested.