Enforcement

Table 1: Number of enforcement notices (a) issued by all enforcing authorities

		Improvement notice	Deferred prohibition	Immediate prohibition	Total
99/00	HSE	6972	196	4172	11340
	Local authorities	4850	80	1170	6100
	Total	11822	276	5342	17440
00/01	HSE	6671	147	4238	11056
	Local authorities	4720	60	1030	5810
	Total	11391	207	5268	16866
01/02	HSE	6712	116	4254	11082
	Local authorities	4820	50	1090	5960
	Total	11532	166	5344	17042
02/03	HSE	8140	113	5071	13324
	Local authorities	4560	50	1170	5780
	Total	12700	163	6241	19104
03/04	HSE	6798	81	4456	11335
	Local authorities	4800	80	1200	6080
	Total	11598	161	5656	17415
04/05	HSE	5186	49	3236	8471
	Local authorities	5110	50	1260	6420
	Total	10296	99	4496	14891
05/06	HSE	3925	38	2630	6593
	Local authorities	5220	80	1470	6770
	Total	9145	118	4100	13363
06/07	HSE	5139	54	3041	8234
	ORR (b)	26	-	14	40
	Local authorities	5270	50	1640	6960
	Total	10435	104	4695	15234
07/08p	HSE	4512	44	3159	7715
	ORR (b)	16	-	9	25
	Local authorities	4470	60	1480	6010
	Total	8998	104	4648	13750

Table 2: Number of proceedings instituted by all enforcing authorities

		Informations laid*	Convictions*
99/00	HSE	2115	1616
	Local authorities	412	322
00/01	HSE	1973	1490
	Local authorities	401	352
01/02	HSE	1986	1522
	Local authorities	350	307
02/03	HSE	1659	1273
	Local authorities	330	285
03/04	HSE	1720	1317
	Local authorities	410	354
04/05	HSE	1320	1025
	Local authorities	332	281
05/06	HSE	1056	840
	Local authorities	257	247
06/07	HSE (b)	1051	852
	Local authorities	340	314
07/08p	HSE (b)	1028	839
	Local authorities	354	334

* Heard in the relevant year, and where a result has been secured, i.e. the prosecution has been completed.

Table 3: Number of enforcement notices issued by HSE by industry (c)

	Type of notice	Agriculture, hunting, forestry & fishing	Extractive & utility supply industries	Manufacturing industries	Construction	Service Industries
99/00	Improvement	976	148	3493	681	1674
	Deferred prohibition	21	5	30	112	28
	Immediate prohibition	644	85	1090	1975	378
	Total	1641	238	4613	2768	2080
00/01	Improvement	694	195	3851	539	1392
	Deferred prohibition	21	1	64	55	24
	Immediate prohibition	590	55	1203	2036	354
	Total	1305	251	5100	2630	1770
01/02	Improvement	429	127	3953	588	1615
	Deferred prohibition	16	1	49	28	22
	Immediate prohibition	254	89	1308	2191	412
	Total	699	217	5310	2807	2049
02/03	Improvement	1508	159	4104	778	1591
	Deferred prohibition	23	1	35	32	22
	Immediate prohibition	583	56	1211	2772	449
	Total	2114	216	5350	3582	2062
03/04	Improvement	1475	135	3045	798	1345
	Deferred prohibition	11	1	15	33	21
	Immediate prohibition	543	59	858	2656	340
	Total	2029	195	3918	3487	1706
04/05	Improvement	925	99	2623	554	985
	Deferred prohibition	4	-	12	20	13
	Immediate prohibition	343	54	674	1910	255
	Total	1272	153	3309	2484	1253
05/06	Improvement	406	90	2099	434	893
	Deferred prohibition	3	1	17	14	2
	Immediate prohibition	141	41	706	1398	331
	Total	550	132	2822	1846	1226
06/07	Improvement	285	106	2968	633	1173
	Deferred prohibition	8	-	24	14	8
	Immediate prohibition	132	49	813	1696	365
	Total	425	155	3805	2343	1546
07/08p	Improvement	155	92	2404	659	1218
	Deferred prohibition	1	-	19	11	13
	Immediate prohibition	139	36	806	1835	352
	Total	295	128	3229	2505	1583

• (a) Enforcement notice figures include estimates for local authorities that did not provide data. No such estimates are made for proceedings instituted.
• (b) Since 1 April 2006 enforcement of railway safety has been the responsibility of the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR). In 2007/08, of the 1028 informations laid with an outcome in that year, two related to railways, both leading to convictions. These prosecutions were initiated by HSE, although this industry is now enforced by ORR.
• (c) Of the notices issued by HSE under service industries, in 06/07 these include 26 improvement and 14 immediate prohibition notices issued by ORR; in 07/08 these were 16 and 9 respectively.