asked Her Majesty's Government:
In respect of (a) the Civil Aviation Authority, and (b) the Office of Rail Regulation, how many criminal prosecutions were brought by that regulator for each of the last three years for which figures are available; and, of those cases, how many gave rise to a conviction. [HL1377]
Civil Aviation Authority criminal prosecutions over the last three complete financial years and the current year to date are shown in the table below.
Convictions Acquittals Total FY 2004-05 18 0 18 FY 2005-06 29 0 29 FY 2006-07 17 1 18 FY 2007-08 to date 22 2 24
Cases by the Office of Rail Regulation/Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate and the Crown Prosecution Service taken to court in relation to railway health and safety offences in the last three complete financial years and the current year to date are shown in the table below:
Convictions Acquittals Total FY 2004-05 22 1 23 FY 2005-06 5 0 5 FY 2006-07 6 0 6 FY 2007-08 to date 3 0 3