Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 101003

Health and Safety: Scotland

Tabled: 17 December 2025

Answered: 24 February 2026

Question

Wendy Chamberlain

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2025 to Question 96735, how many of the HSE inspections carried out in Scotland in 2024-25 took place (a) on farms and (b) in social care settings.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

In the year 2024/ 2025, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) carried out 1,444 inspections in Scotland. Seven of these took place on farms (not including premises predominately involved in forestry or aquaculture); and eleven took place in social care se...

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