Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many spot checks the Health and Safety Executive has carried out in each industry since March 2020.
Since March 2020 the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has carried out a total of 48,165 spot-checks to assess COVID-secure control measures in the workplace.
Industry sector | Number of spot-checks |
Agriculture | 1808 |
Construction | 3158 |
Extractive Utilities | 241 |
Manufacturing | 21581 |
Services | 13181 |
Water / Waste Management | 3100 |
Unknown | 5096 |
Total | 48165 |
Note: Figures were extracted from HSE’s live operational database and provide the picture on the date of extraction (19 November 2020) and are subject to change. HSE is currently undertaking an extensive data cleansing and reconciliation exercise which means that these volumes are estimated. Updated volumes, post the reconciliation exercise, will be available from Wednesday 25 November 2020.