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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which sectors of the economy are excluded from the requirement for inspection by the Health and Safety Executive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which sectors of the economy are excluded from the requirement for inspection by the Health and Safety Executive.
No sectors of economic activity are excluded from the requirement for inspection by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
HSE, like all publicly funded bodies has to make decisions on relative priorities. Consistent with the Government's framework document 'Good Health and Safety, Good for Everyone', HSE's proactive inspections are focussed on higher risk sectors (eg construction, waste and recycling, and certain areas of manufacturing) and major hazard industries. HSE inspectors also visit premises to investigate accidents or concerns that might lead an inspection where intelligence suggests, that standards of health and safety management are inadequate and that significant risks exist.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what on-the-ground inspections have been planned by the Health and Safety Executive for the two new proposed shale gas drilling sites in Fylde.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what on-the-ground inspections have been planned by the Health and Safety Executive for the two new proposed shale gas drilling sites in Fylde.
No operational work has yet taken place at either of the proposed shale gas extraction sites in Fylde.
Once operational work begins HSE and the Environment Agency will conduct a joint inspection of the key operations at the two proposed shale gas extraction sites.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many inspectors are employed in the Health and Safety Executive's (a) Field Operations Directorate, (b) Hazardous Industries Directorate and (c) Office for Nuclear Regulation; and how many of the inspectors in each such category currently carry out site inspections...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many inspectors are employed in the Health and Safety Executive's (a) Field Operations Directorate, (b) Hazardous Industries Directorate and (c) Office for Nuclear Regulation; and how many of the inspectors in each such category currently carry out site inspections...
The information is not available in the format requested. However the following table provides the information in respect of total inspectors and inspectors employed in frontline work.
| At
30 September
2013: | Field
operations
directorate | Hazardous
installations
directorate | Office
for nuclear
regulation |
| Total
inspectors of health and
safety | 616 | 361 | 268 |
| Of
which: | |||
| Are
frontline | 595 | 342 | 236 |
| Notes: 1. The figures are for substantive full-time equivalents rounded to the nearest whole number. 2. The figures include regulatory and discipline specialist inspectors. 3. The Health and Safety Executive(HSE)frontline inspectors carry out a range of roles including inspection and accident investigation, but also other significant regulatory activities such as the assessment of major hazard site safety cases; asbestos licensing; working with dutyholders and stakeholders in targeted sectors to identify, develop and evaluate alternative intervention strategies etc. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Health and Safety Executive inspectors currently carry out front-line site inspections and accident investigations; and how many such inspectors there were in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011 and (e) 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Health and Safety Executive inspectors currently carry out front-line site inspections and accident investigations; and how many such inspectors there were in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011 and (e) 2012.
The answer is provided in the table:
| Frontline
inspectors of health and
safety | |
| 1
April
2008 | 1,238 |
| 2009 | 1,323 |
| 2010 | 1,342 |
| 2011 | 1,316 |
| 31
March
2012 | 1,302 |
| 30
September
2013 | 1,215 |
| Notes: 1. The figures are for substantive full-time equivalents, rounded to the nearest whole number and provide a snapshot of the staff in post as at the dates shown. 2. The figures include regulatory and discipline specialist inspectors. 3. The Health and Safety Executive(HSE) frontline inspectors carry out a range of roles including inspection and accident investigation, but also other significant regulatory activities such as the assessment of major hazard site safety cases; asbestos licensing; working with dutyholders and stakeholders in targeted sectors to identify, develop and evaluate alternative intervention strategies etc. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many safety inspectors worked full-time for the Health and Safety Executive in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many safety inspectors worked full-time for the Health and Safety Executive in each year since 2008.
The information requested is provided in the following table:
| As
of 31 March each year unless
stated | Number
of
inspectors |
| 2008-09 | 1,469 |
| 2009-10 | 1,495 |
| 2010-11 | 1,450 |
| 2011-12 | 1,432 |
| 2012-13 | 1,367 |
| 2013-14
to date (as of 30 September
2013) | 1,323 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many construction sites were visited by a Health and Safety Executive safety inspector in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many construction sites were visited by a Health and Safety Executive safety inspector in each year since 2008.
This information is not available in the form requested.
The number of visits carried out by inspectors in the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) Construction Division since 2010-11 is provided in the following table:
| Number
of
visits | |
| 2010-111 | 19,612 |
| 2011-12 | 13,168 |
| 2012-13 | 12,672 |
| 2013-14
to end
August2 | 5,373 |
| 1
Prior to 2011-12, numbers of inspection visits were not required as
part of HSE's performance measures and were not recorded. Estimated
inspection visits are included this 2010-11 figure based upon data
collected at that time but are not available for previous
years. 2 In-year figures are provisional. |
These figures reflect records of proactive inspections, reactive investigations and complaints followed up. This is not the same as the number of sites visited but provides the best available picture. Some sites may have been visited more than once within these figures. Figures focusing on the numbers of sites visited are not part of HSE's performance measures and are therefore not currently collated.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many construction sites in London were visited by a Health and Safety Executive safety inspector in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many construction sites in London were visited by a Health and Safety Executive safety inspector in each year since 2008.
This information is not available in the form requested.
The number of visits carried out by inspectors in the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) Construction Division in London since 2010-11 is provided in the following table:
| Number
of
visits | |
| 2010-111 | 2,824 |
| 2011-12 | 1,728 |
| 2012-13 | 1,530 |
| 2013-14
to end
August2 | 819 |
| 1
Prior to 2011-12, numbers of inspection visits were not required as
part of HSE's performance measures and were not recorded. Estimated
inspection visits are included this 2010-11 figure based upon data
collected at that time but are not available for previous
years. 2 In-year figures are provisional. |
These figures reflect records of proactive inspections, reactive investigations and complaints followed up. This is not the same as the number of sites visited but provides the best available picture. Some sites may have been visited more than once within these figures. Figures focusing on the numbers of sites visited are not part of HSE's performance measures and are therefore not currently collated.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many health and safety inspections of cooling towers have been completed since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many health and safety inspections of cooling towers have been completed since May 2010.
In the years 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) carried out 223, 157 and 324 inspections respectively, involving cooling towers and evaporative condensers. HSE did not collect such data on inspections carried out by local authorities in those years.
In 2013-14, HSE and local authority inspectors are undertaking a special programme of visits to inspect cooling towers and evaporative condensers as part of a wider programme of interventions to improve the management of the risks from Legionella. Between April and September 2013, HSE has carried out 530 inspections, with 90 more undertaken by local authorities.
I meet the chairman and chief executive of the Health and Safety Executive regularly to discuss health and safety matters, including those relating to the offshore sector, as appropriate. The departmental Select Committee and the Maitland review, which was commissioned after the Deepwater Horizon episode, both concluded that we had a strong offshore regulatory system.
I meet the chairman and chief executive of the Health and Safety Executive regularly to discuss health and safety matters, including those relating to the offshore sector, as appropriate. The departmental Select Committee and the Maitland review, which was commissioned after the Deepwater Horizon episode, both concluded that we had a strong offshore regulatory system.
I meet the chairman and chief executive of the Health and Safety Executive regularly to discuss health and safety matters, including those relating to the offshore sector, as appropriate. The departmental Select Committee and the Maitland review, which was commissioned after the Deepwater Horizon episode, both concluded that we had a strong offshore regulatory system.
The Minister will be aware—or at least he should be—that next month will be the 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster, which precipitated the present health and safety approach taken in the North sea. Does he share the concern expressed by the trade unions operating in the North sea that the Health and Safety Executive’s energy division was set up without any consultation with the unions, and that the division undertakes not only offshore inspections but others as well? Will he guarantee that neither the number of inspectors available to conduct offshore inspections nor the number of such inspections will change as a result of this?
The Minister will be aware—or at least he should be—that next month will be the 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster, which precipitated the present health and safety approach taken in the North sea. Does he share the concern expressed by the trade unions operating in the North sea that the Health and Safety Executive’s energy division was set up without any consultation with the unions, and that the division undertakes not only offshore inspections but others as well? Will he guarantee that neither the number of inspectors available to conduct offshore inspections nor the number of such inspections will change as a result of this?
We have brought together various aspects of the energy sector in a single department. That bringing together of complementary skills is a sensible response to the increased diversification of the energy sector. I can assure the hon. Gentleman that there is no slackening of focus on the offshore sector; indeed, we are recruiting more offshore inspectors.
We have brought together various aspects of the energy sector in a single department. That bringing together of complementary skills is a sensible response to the increased diversification of the energy sector. I can assure the hon. Gentleman that there is no slackening of focus on the offshore sector; indeed, we are recruiting more offshore inspectors.
We have brought together various aspects of the energy sector in a single department. That bringing together of complementary skills is a sensible response to the increased diversification of the energy sector. I can assure the hon. Gentleman that there is no slackening of focus on the offshore sector; indeed, we are recruiting more offshore inspectors.
The Minister will be aware—or at least he should be—that next month will be the 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster, which precipitated the present health and safety approach taken in the North sea. Does he share the concern expressed by the trade unions operating in the North sea that the Health and Safety Executive’s energy division was set up without any consultation with the unions, and that the division undertakes not only offshore inspections but others as well? Will he guarantee that neither the number of inspectors available to conduct offshore inspections nor the number of such inspections will change as a result of this?