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The information I am requesting relates to the RIDDOR reports submitted to your local authority (including any LAs which have come under your jurisdiction as of 1 April 2023) by businesses in your jurisdiction via the HSE portal.

I would be grateful if you could provide the following data from 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2023:

1. Total number of RIDDOR reports processed each month, broken down as follows:
a) the number of RIDDOR reports received which were:
i. confirmed as RIDDOR reportable once reviewed
ii. confirmed as not RIDDOR reportable once reviewed
iii. recorded as unknown or left blank on your database

2. For the RIDDOR reports above which were confirmed as RIDDOR reportable once reviewed (for a given month), please specify how many of those resulted in the following actions:
a) Investigation / decision to investigate
b) No investigation / decision not to investigate
c) Total notices served, also specifying their breakdown:
i. Improvement notice served
ii. Prohibition notice served
d) Total cautions and prosecutions, also specifying their breakdown:
i. Simple caution issued
ii. Prosecution sought

3. Total number of active businesses in your local authority for each year.

i.e., the total number of businesses which were actively operating in your jurisdiction ( (i.e., anyone trading in goods or services, to whom RIDDOR Regulations apply to, including schools, hospital, sole traders, etc) as of 31 March each year. This information will most likely be held by your business rates team.