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Offences and penalties 2004/05 - Table 12 - Number of offences prosecuted, those resulting in conviction, and average penalty per conviction, by industry and area

HSE Area Standard Industrial Classification Year Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing Extractive and utility supply industries Manufacturing industries Construction Service industries All industries
South
West		 Charges brought 03/04 14 8 35 32 23 112
04/05p 4 3 23 33 14 77
Convictions 03/04 9 8 33 28 22 100
04/05p 3 3 19 27 11 63
Average penalty
per conviction (£)		 03/04 928 46,875 5,955 8930 7,682 9,989
04/05p 450 3,333 6,426 2800 35,318 9,485
South Charges brought 03/04 2 0 24 47 10 83
04/05p 5 0 21 27 4 57
Convictions 03/04 2 0 21 31 9 63
04/05p 5 0 19 13 4 41
Average penalty
per conviction (£)		 03/04 2,000 0 17,619 7689 7,150 10,741
04/05p 1,320 0 6,816 5577 5,500 5,624
South
East		 Charges brought 03/04 15 0 23 20 14 72
04/05p 6 0 11 24 10 51
Convictions 03/04 15 0 21 19 12 67
04/05p 6 0 11 22 9 48
Average penalty
per conviction (£)		 03/04 940 0 9,690 4263 10,875 6,404
04/05p 1,550 0 4,523 10786 4,667 7,049
Greater
London
(North)		 Charges brought 03/04 0 0 8 5 6 19
04/05p 0 0 3 34 12 49
Convictions 03/04 0 0 8 4 1 13
04/05p 0 0 3 24 12 39
Average penalty
per conviction (£)		 03/04 0 0 2,938 7500 1,500 4,231
04/05p 0 0 24,167 14863 16,500 16,082
Greater
London
(South)		 Charges brought 03/04 2 3 10 21 13 49
04/05p 0 0 3 30 6 39
Convictions 03/04 1 3 7 17 8 36
04/05p 0 0 3 26 6 35
Average penalty
per conviction (£)		 03/04 3,500 58,333 39,286 54853 15,088 41,853
04/05p 0 0 29,500 27798 10,583 24,993
HSE Area Standard Industrial Classification (SIC92) Year Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing Extractive and utility supply industries Manufacturing industries Construction Service industries All industries
East
Anglia		 Charges brought 03/04 3 3 19 21 30 76
04/05p 21 5 22 31 20 99
Convictions 03/04 3 3 12 19 24 61
04/05p 20 4 20 27 17 88
Average penalty
per conviction (£)		 03/04 3567 10667 9967 2711 12625 8472
04/05p 6350 225 24403 14976 20338 15523
Northern
Home
Counties		 Charges brought 03/04 3 1 38 57 16 115
04/05p 1 1 11 84 7 104
Convictions 03/04 2 1 31 30 14 78
04/05p 1 1 10 29 3 44
Average penalty
per conviction (£)		 03/04 16000 9000 4831 19950 7536 11471
04/05p 20000 10000 4600 5052 9000 5670
East
Midlands		 Charges brought 03/04 2 0 24 20 5 51
04/05p 2 4 7 9 2 24
Convictions 03/04 2 0 22 14 4 42
04/05p 2 4 7 6 2 21
Average penalty
per conviction (£)		 03/04 750 0 7705 8700 14250 8329
04/05p 750 50000 3500 7000 2500 13000
West
Midlands		 Charges brought 03/04 1 0 68 11 25 105
04/05p 0 0 51 29 31 111
Convictions 03/04 1 0 68 8 17 94
04/05p 0 0 45 21 28 94
Average penalty
per conviction (£)		 03/04 1000 0 4990 1844 7106 5062
04/05p 0 0 9593 14690 3007 8770
Wales Charges brought 03/04 4 0 19 35 17 75
04/05p 9 6 16 39 6 76
Convictions 03/04 4 0 18 27 13 62
04/05p 8 4 16 33 6 67
Average penalty
per conviction (£)		 03/04 2875 0 35667 2985 3000 12469
04/05p 3250 15875 4516 3891 10167 5241
HSE Area Standard Industrial Classification (SIC92) Year Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing Extractive and utility supply industries Manufacturing industries Construction Service industries All industries
Marches Charges brought 03/04 17 0 30 24 28 99
04/05p 2 0 13 46 6 67
Convictions 03/04 16 0 28 23 25 92
04/05p 2 0 11 36 4 53
Average penalty
per conviction (£)		 03/04 2663 0 11241 6765 3008 6393
04/05p 1350 0 5886 5613 15125 6226
North
Midlands		 Charges brought 03/04 17 1 30 15 13 76
04/05p 4 0 20 5 11 40
Convictions 03/04 3 1 29 11 11 55
04/05p 4 0 19 5 11 39
Average penalty
per conviction (£)		 03/04 1417 4800 3998 16777 1732 5975
04/05p 4750 0 3816 5200 8045 5282
South
Yorkshire
and
Humberside		 Charges brought 03/04 3 0 43 25 16 87
04/05p 1 0 23 7 9 40
Convictions 03/04 3 0 36 17 13 69
04/05p 1 0 16 7 6 30
Average penalty
per conviction (£)		 03/04 4167 0 8328 7103 4231 7073
04/05p 2500 0 5906 2236 5167 4788
West
and
North
Yorkshire		 Charges brought 03/04 5 3 39 36 8 91
04/05p 2 1 28 27 11 69
Convictions 03/04 5 2 37 32 7 83
04/05p 2 1 26 27 11 67
Average penalty
per conviction (£)		 03/04 2550 15000 5189 5161 5429 5276
04/05p 1750 25000 3729 4815 10177 5484
Greater
Manchester		 Charges brought 03/04 1 0 12 13 22 48
04/05p 0 0 15 11 9 35
Convictions 03/04 1 0 12 10 19 42
04/05p 0 0 13 10 7 30
Average penalty
per conviction (£)		 03/04 0 0 5583 1750 13868 8286
04/05p 0 0 17323 970 22429 13063
HSE Area Standard Industrial Classification (SIC92) Year Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing Extractive and utility supply industries Manufacturing industries Construction Service industries All industries
Merseyside Charges brought 03/04 4 0 18 38 15 75
04/05p 0 0 12 21 3 36
Convictions 03/04 4 0 16 35 12 67
04/05p 0 0 12 20 3 35
Average penalty
per conviction (£)		 03/04 1625 0 17781 9671 3308 9988
04/05p 0 0 3542 9075 76667 12971
North
West		 Charges brought 03/04 1 0 18 14 8 41
04/05p 0 1 12 7 2 22
Convictions 03/04 1 0 18 14 7 40
04/05p 0 1 12 5 2 20
Average penalty
per conviction (£)		 03/04 500 0 4167 2764 8536 4349
04/05p 0 3000 6833 4100 28750 8150
North
East		 Charges brought 03/04 1 2 26 34 13 76
04/05p 0 0 17 32 7 56
Convictions 03/04 1 1 23 33 11 69
04/05p 0 0 15 24 7 46
Average penalty
per conviction (£)		 03/04 7500 30000 5996 10327 6000 8438
04/05p 0 0 8213 3467 12000 6313
Scotland
East		 Charges brought 03/04 7 4 46 54 33 144
04/05p 6 0 39 33 18 96
Convictions 03/04 4 1 31 28 20 84
04/05p 3 0 22 24 10 59
Average penalty
per conviction (£)		 03/04 1438 5000 4605 1852 22185 7727
04/05p 4333 0 4811 3400 5400 4313
Scotland
West		 Charges brought 03/04 0 2 19 93 10 124
04/05p 4 0 18 18 4 44
Convictions 03/04 0 1 5 17 3 26
04/05p 2 0 6 7 1 16
Average penalty
per conviction (£)		 03/04 0 4000 6600 11703 5333 9690
04/05p 1000 0 8667 7143 5000 6813

FOOTNOTE - The average fine for separate offences prosecuted by HSE Area and Industry excluding railways and some chemical Industries. The average fine may vary substantially by HSE Area and Industry due to one or two high fines in that year.

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