Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will have discussions with the Co-operative Group on Project Lunar.

Answered by Blair McDougall - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

Project Lunar is an internal policy that the Co-op is introducing and is not a matter that DBT can comment on.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has the policy lead for regulation of workplace health and safety in Great Britain. The primary responsibility for managing risk to health and safety lies with employers. An employer is the person or organisation that is legally responsible, under health and safety law, for managing and controlling risks created by their work activities. It is for the employer to determine the best way to manage those risks taking account of the circumstances of their business and work activity. There may be greater risks for lone workers without direct supervision or someone to help them if things go wrong, and an employer must identify the risks to lone workers and put control measures in place to protect them.

HSE provide guidance on lone working: Lone working: Protect those working alone - HSE.