Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 53400
Batteries: Storage
Tabled: 19 May 2025
Answered: 28 May 2025
Question
Harriet Cross
Conservative — Gordon 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 TimmsThe 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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