Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount of court time used in proceedings against individuals who have allegedly installed gas-safe products without being gas-safe registered in the last 12 months.

With regards to cases brought by HSE, HSE does not hold information in relation to these proceedings centrally, so therefore to gather this information and provide it would incur disproportionate costs.

The overall cost to the public purse and court time in relation to all prosecutions goes beyond just the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) remit.