Careful targeting
Comparing enforcement year on year is misleading, as is making a direct comparison with other parts of Britain.
While we have some broad regulatory priorities that are pertinent to the whole of Britain, there are also initiatives relevant to some areas which can lead to different activity patterns at different times – such as the refurbishment initiative in the construction sector which we ran in the early part of this year.
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Hide AdThe key point here is that enforcement notices are issued in response to serious health and safety shortcomings.
The real issue of concern should be the poor standards that have led to the notices being served in the first place.
David Ashton
Health & Safety Executive
Merton Road
Bootle, Merseyside