§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many enforcement notices were issued by the Health and Safety Executive in each of the last seven years. [184681]
§ Jane KennedyOver the last seven years the Health and Safety Executive has issued the following number of enforcement notices. The figures for 2003–04 will be publicly available in the Offences and Penalties report, due for release in late October 2004.
Year1 2 Total enforcement notices issued 1996–97 37,444 1997–98 38,911 1998–99 10,900 1999–2000 11,340 2000–01 11,056 2001–02 11,082 2002–03 13,324 1Year refers to operational year, which runs 1 April to 31 March. 2 The table refers to total enforcement notices issued in Great Britain and includes improvement and prohibition notices. 3 In 1996–97 and 1997–98, HSE issued "Notices of Intent" that required a satisfactory outcome be secured within two weeks so as to avoid serving an improvement notice. As a result, some improvement notices were not issued. If the notices of intent were not issued, the number of enforcement notices would have been about 540 higher in 1996–97 and 630 higher in 1997–98. This system is no longer used.