Employers' Liability
Work and Pensions
Written answers and statements, 3 November 2009
Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many organisations legally required to have an employers' liability insurance policy in force were prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive for (a) failure to display a notice at a place of work giving details of such a policy and (b) failure to have such a policy in force in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06, (iii) 2006-07, (iv) 2007-08 and (v) 2008-09.
Jim Knight (Minister of State (the South West), Regional Affairs; South Dorset, Labour)
holding answer
The number of dutyholders the Health and Safety Executive have prosecuted for failure to (a) display a notice of employers' liability insurance or (b) failure to hold employers' liability insurance are as follows:
| (a) Failure to display | (b) No insurance | |
| 2004-05 | 1 | 14 |
| 2005-06 | — | 5 |
| 2006-07 | — | 8 |
| 2007-08 | — | 5 |
Figures for 2008-09 will be available in November 2009.