Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 53400

Batteries: Storage

Tabled: 19 May 2025
Answered: 28 May 2025

Question

Harriet Cross

ConservativeGordon and Buchan

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive plans to create a dedicated department within the Energy Division of the Hazardous Industries Directorate to take responsibility for battery energy storage system

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) deploys its resources to deliver risk based proportionate regulation of workplaces, including battery energy storage system (BESS) facilities. This approach is set out in HSE’s Regulatory approach – (Regulation of hea...

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