Speeches

Stephen Hepburn – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Hepburn on 2016-02-03.

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.

Justin Tomlinson

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