Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 89030

Natural Gas: Safety

Tabled: 10 November 2025

Answered: 17 November 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making it a legal requirement that all operatives entering a UK home to undertake gas work must display their Gas Safe Register accreditation an

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations (1998) place a legal requirement on those who undertake gas work to be competent and Gas Safe Registered. The Gas Safe Register Rules of Registration require engineers to carry an in-date, valid ID card wh...

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