You asked

Please provide a list of all prosecutions the ONS have made under section 4 of the Statistics of Trade Act 1947 over the last five years including the case reference details of each case.

We said

Thank you for your request.

Since 2013, the number of companies (1) charged with and (2) successfully prosecuted for failure to complete ONS surveys is contained in the table below.

Year Number of Summons Number of businesses who agreed to complete all outstanding ONS surveys and pay costs after negotiations with Enforcement Unit Number of Successful Prosecutions
2013 75 65 10
2014 46 33 13
2015 62 57 5
2016 74 65 9
2017 89 75 14


The average fine levied by the court in each year is as follows:

2013 - £1,525.00

2014 - £2,312.50

2015 - £2,300.00

2016 - £1,889.00

2017 - £2,214.00