Construction: Prosecutions

(asked on 3rd February 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of construction prosecutions has resulted in a conviction in each of the last five years.


Answered by
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 9th February 2016

The percentage of construction (Standard Industrial Classification, section F) prosecutions completed in the relevant year and resulting in a conviction in each of the last five years, is as follows:

Year

Cases for which legal proceedings have been instituted

Convictions

Percentage resulting in conviction

2010/11

218

201

92%

2011/12

241

220

91%

2012/13

220

209

95%

2013/14r

225

209

93%

2014/15p

258

243

94%

p - provisional

r - revised

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