Notices issued by type	Improvement	Deferred prohibition	Immediate prohibition	Total notices
HSE	02/03	8 140	113	5 071	13 324
	03/04	6 798	81	4 456	11 335
	04/05	5 186	49	3 236	8 471
	05/06	3 925	38	2 630	6 593
	06/07p*	5 092	50	2 957	8 099
Local   authorities (a)	02/03	4 560	50	1 170	5 780
	03/04	4 800	80	1 200	6 080
	04/05	5 110	50	1 260	6 420
	05/06	5 220	80	1 470	6 770
	06/07p	..	..	..	..
All enforcing authorities (a)	02/03	12 700	163	6 241	19 104
	03/04	11 598	161	5 656	17 415
	04/05	10 296	99	4 496	14 891
	05/06	9 145	118	4 100	13 363
	06/07p	..	..	..	..

Notes:

• (a) The estimation method for producing figures for local authorities has been revised to provide separate estimates for England, Scotland and Wales which have been aggregated to produce estimates for Great Britain. This has led to a slight revision to the existing method of producing figures for Great Britain, but has resulted in only minor changes to published figures and has not affected the overall trends.
• .. Not available
• p Provisional
• * Since 1 April 2006 enforcement of railway safety has been the responsibility of the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR). Included in the 2006/07 figures, ORR issued 23 improvement and 5 immediate prohibition notices.