Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 22181

Hearing Impairment: Employment

Tabled: 6 January 2025
Answered: 14 January 2025
Named Day

Question

Dr Peter Prinsley

LabourBury St Edmunds and Stowmarket

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will hold discussions with the Health and Safety Executive on the potential merits of taking steps encourage employers to (a) organise regular hearing tests, (b) distribute adequate personal hear

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
Duties on employers are well established in the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005, which require employers to: a) Carry out hearing tests regularly by a competent person (health surveillance) when there may be a risk to their employee’s hearing, ...

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