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 change there has been in the length of time between a fatal accident and a prosecution over the last five years.
Justin Tomlinson
For fatalities in construction (Standard Industrial Classification Section F) resulting in a prosecution approval by HSE between 2010/11 and 2014/15, the average time between the date of incident and the date prosecution action was approved in each year is as follows:
|
Year of approval |
Average number of days between incident and prosecution approval by HSE |
|
2010/11 |
877 |
|
2011/12 |
841 |
|
2012/13 |
783 |
|
2013/14 |
851 |
|
2014/15 |
879 |
