AQW 5928/11-15


Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim


Tabled Date: 14/12/2011
Answered On Date: 21/12/2011
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment how many Improvement and Prohibition notices have been issued to each District Council by the Health and Safety Executive in the last five years.


Answer:
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland has issued a total of 23 enforcement notices to Councils in the last five years. The notices are set out in the table below.
Council
Improvement Notice
Prohibition Notice
Total
Ards
1
0
1
Belfast City
1
0
1
Carrickfergus
6
2
8
Coleraine
2
0
2
Craigavon
2
5
7
Fermanagh
2
0
2
Larne
1
0
1
North Down
0
1
1
Total
15
8
23*
* The recipient of an enforcement notice may appeal to an Industrial Tribunal within 21 days of service of the notice. Therefore the table does not include notices served which are still within the appeal period.