Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 80128

Employment: Protective Clothing

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Kirsteen Sullivan

Labour (Co-op)Bathgate and Linlithgow

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many actions the Health and Safety Executive took against companies for failing to meet personal protective equipment legal standards in the (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024 reporting year.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The requirement to provide suitable and sufficient personal protective equipment is addressed in different health and safety legislation, including the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002...

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