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Written question asked by Alex Cunningham (Labour) on Thursday, 20 July 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 5 September 2023 (named day). It was answered by Mims Davies (Conservative) on Tuesday, 5 September 2023 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Offshore Fixed Structures: Health and Safety

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) improvement and (b) prohibition notices were issued by Health and Safety Executive inspectors to operators of offshore oil and gas installations in each year since 2016-17; and how many of those notices were related to safety maintenance issues.

Answer

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have issued the following enforcement notices since 2016 – 17:

2016: 34 Improvement Notices of which 18 related to safety maintenance and 2 Prohibition Notices of which 1 related to safety maintenance

2017: 41 Improvement Notices of which 20 related to safety maintenance and 6 Prohibition Notices of which 4 related to safety maintenance

2018: 28 Improvement Notices of which 7 related to safety maintenance and 1Prohibition Notices of which 0 related to safety maintenance

2019: 22 Improvement Notices of which 6 related to safety maintenance and 4 Prohibition Notices of which 1 related to safety maintenance

2020: 21 Improvement Notices of which 12 related to safety maintenance and 2 Prohibition Notices of which 0 related to safety maintenance

2021: 22 Improvement Notices of which 8 related to safety maintenance and 2 Prohibition Notices of which 0 related to safety maintenance

2022: 30 Improvement Notices of which 6 related to safety maintenance and 0 Prohibition Notices

2023: 13 Improvement Notices of which 2 related to safety maintenance and 0 Prohibition Notices


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
195401
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Offshore fixed structures Repairs and maintenance Prohibition notices Improvement notices
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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