Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 196637

Health and Safety Executive

Tabled: 1 September 2023
Answered: 7 September 2023

Question

Dan Carden

LabourLiverpool Walton

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) powers of and (b) funding for the Health and Safety Executive to enable them to carry out investigations (i) quickly and (ii) effectively.

Answer

Mims Davies
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has sufficient powers to enable them to carry out effective investigations within their enforcement responsibility. These are granted through a number of primary and secondary pieces of legislation, principally The Health...

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