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That this House congratulates Ergochair Ltd of Yate on receiving a King's Award for Enterprise 2026 in the category of Innovation; notes that the company has spent more than two decades designing and manufacturing specialist task seating for people with musculoskeletal conditions and complex clinical needs, enabling many of those...

Primary sponsor
Claire Young (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Early day motions
Date
1 September 2026
Reference
688
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what requirements his Department is placing on school planners to install ergonomic classroom facilities into schools under the Building Schools for the Future programme; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by
Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 July 2006
Reference
448 c1451W; 83451
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what research her Department has commissioned on a possible correlation between ergonomic desks and students' learning ability;

Asked by
Andy Reed (Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 March 2006
Reference
59734; 444 c546W;444 c546W
House
House of Commons

(2) what research her Department has commissioned on the possible effect of school furniture on students' osteopathic health.

Asked by
Andy Reed (Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 March 2006
Reference
59735; 444 c546W;444 c546W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been undertaken by the Meat Hygiene Service of the ergonomic and manual handling risks to its meat inspection staff; what measures the Meat Hygiene Service has put in place to remove the ergonomic risks to its inspection staff.

Asked by
David Leslie Taylor (Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
8 March 2005
Reference
431 c1736-7W;431 c1732-3W; 219010;219011
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research his Department has commissioned into the impact on children's long term health of poorly designed school furniture.

Asked by
Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 September 2004
Reference
424 c787W; 186146
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what (a) assessment his Department has made and (b) guidance he has issued on the ergonomics of school furniture.

Asked by
Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 September 2004
Reference
424 c787W; 186145
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an ergonomic assessment has been completed in relation to E-OASys for the probation and prison services; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by
Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 June 2003
Reference
118793; 407 c603W;407 c605W
House
House of Commons
Deposited by
Health and Safety Executive; Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Deposited papers
Date
15 January 2001
Reference
Dep 01/112
House
House of Commons
Deposited by
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Deposited papers
Date
15 February 2000
Reference
Dep 00/336
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the ergonomic assessment of the Crams IT system currently being installed by the Probation Service. - Includes fact that copies of ergonomic assessment in Library (Dep 99/898).

Asked by
James Clappison (Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 April 1999
Reference
81978; 330 c108W
House
House of Commons

What estimate he has made of the number of people, in each region who are exposed at work (a) to noise at levels which can permanently damage their hearing and (b) to ergonomic problems which can permanently damage their health.

Asked by
Graham Allen (Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 October 1996
Reference
40472; 282 c805W;282 c803W
House
House of Commons

What studies his Department has funded into work-related upper limb disorders since the publication of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council report into work-related upper limb disorders in May 1992.

Asked by
Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 June 1995
Reference
262 c436-7W
House
House of Commons

What guidelines he has issued to local Department of Social Security offices concerning the health risks of repetitive strain injury in the workplace.

Asked by
Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru)
Answering body
Department of Social Security
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
29 March 1993
Reference
222 c76W;222 c75-6W
House
House of Commons

What health advice is available to the staff of the House and, in particular, to those who work with visual display units. (Holding answer 22.2.91).

Asked by
Tim J Smith (Conservative)
Answering body
House of Commons Commission
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 February 1991
Reference
186 c457-9W;186 c455-6W
House
House of Commons

How many Health and Safety Executive staff are working specifically on the ergonomics of agricultural machinery.

Asked by
Tony Lloyd (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 December 1990
Reference
183 c80W
House
House of Commons

To give details of research project into repetitive strain injury being planned by the HSE; when it started; when it is expected to finish; what are objectives; & what will be total cost; & to place in Library 2 studies on repetitive strain injury which have just been completed for...

Asked by
Lord Ashley of Stoke (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 January 1990
Reference
166 c107W;166 c105W
House
House of Commons

In view of the steadily increasing use of visual display units, when DE expects to recommend standards to be introduced especially with regard to the adoption of the ALARA principle of keeping radiation exposure as low as reasonably achievable. - (Holding answer 12 April 1989).

Asked by
John Farr (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 April 1989
Reference
150 c735W;150 c731W
House
House of Commons
Deposited by
Health and Safety Executive
Type
Deposited papers
Date
20 March 1987
Reference
DEP 1896
House
House of Commons