Figures on enforcement action

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
07/08	HSE	4525	45	3188	7758
	ORR (b)	15	-	6	21
	Local authorities	4470	60	1480	6010
	Total	9010	105	4557	13789
0809p	HSE	4816	42	3196	8054
	ORR (b)	30	2	1	33
	Local authorities	4930	40	1370	6340
	Total	9776	84	4567	14427

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

	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
0708	Improvement	153	90	2409	669	1204
	Deferred prohibition	1	-	20	12	12
	Immediate prohibition	138	34	804	1858	354
	Total	292	124	3 233	2 539	1 570
08/09P	Improvement	126	117	2 824	620	1 129
	Deferred prohibition	1	1	12	11	17
	Immediate prohibition	110	36	869	1804	377
	Total	237	154	3 705	2 435	1 523

Enforcement notice figures include estimates for local authorities that did not provide data. No such estimates are made for proceedings instituted.
Since 1 April 2006 enforcement of railway safety has been the responsibility of the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR).