You asked
Since 2010, by year, how many companies and individuals have been (1) charged with and (2) successfully prosecuted for failure to complete the ‘Monthly Business Survey’?
We said
Thank you for your request.
Enforcement notices are sent out to businesses who fail to comply with a statutory request to supply us with statistical data. Our counts do not differentiate between companies and individuals; they reflect the number of prosecutions conducted.
Since 2010, the number of companies (1) charged with and (2) successfully prosecuted for failure to complete the ‘Monthly Business Survey’ is contained in the table below.
Monthly Business Survey prosecutions
| 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 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2012 | 19 | 14 | 5 |
| 2013 | 19 | 15 | 4 |
| 2014 | 16 | 11 | 5 |
| 2015 | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| 2016 | 15 | 13 | 2 |
| Source: Office for National Statistics | |||