Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many amber /red covid-19 concerns dealt with by Health and Safety Executive regulatory staff have been handled by (a) visiting officers, (b) regulatory contact officers and (c) inspectors in each month since March 2020.
HSE’s evidence is that more than 90% of the businesses checked have the right precautions in place or are willing to make necessary changes promptly and without the need for formal enforcement action. HSE inspectors do not conclude an intervention until they are confident a business has the right controls in place. HSE will continue to take enforcement action where appropriate, but the best use of its time and resource to ensure employers take the right action promptly is often to educate, persuade or require matters to be put right immediately.
In response to PQ 21/165426, the information is provided in the table below:
Month / Year | Concerns dealt with by Visiting / Regulatory Contact Officers | Concerns dealt with by Inspectors |
March 2020 | - | - |
April 2020 | 203 | 1510 |
May 2020 | 148 | 835 |
June 2020 | 63 | 482 |
July 2020 | 55 | 339 |
August 2020 | 39 | 258 |
September 2020 | 74 | 330 |
October 2020 | 86 | 396 |
November 2020 | 94 | 387 |
December 2020 | 102 | 134 |
January 2021 | 154 | 271 |
February 2021 | 74 | 59 |
March 2021 | 4 | 6 |
Totals | 1096 | 5,007 |
Notes:
i. Data was extracted from HSE’s live operational database on 10th March 2021 and is subject to change, eg.as there can be a delay of up to ten working days before information is uploaded to the system.
ii. HSE systems do not distinguish (in a readily accessible format) between interventions by Regulatory Contact Officers and Visiting Officers, who carry out a similar role but in different operational divisions.
In response to PQ 165427, the information is provided in the table below:
Month / Year | Concerns resulting in formal written correspondence | Concerns resulting in enforcement notices |
March 2020 | - | - |
April 2020 | 46 | 1 |
May 2020 | 41 | 8 |
June 2020 | 37 | 10 |
July 2020 | 41 | 4 |
August 2020 | 23 | 4 |
September 2020 | 40 | 5 |
October 2020 | 30 | 1 |
November 2020 | 40 | 2 |
December 2020 | 17 | 0 |
January 2021 | 29 | 3 |
February 2021 | 14 | 1 |
March 2021 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 359 | 39 |
Note: Data was extracted from HSE’s live operational database on 10th March 2021 and is subject to change, eg.as there can be a delay of up to ten working days before information is uploaded to the system.
In response to PQ 165428, the information is provided in the table below:
Month / Year | Covid-19 interventions without site visit | Covid-19 interventions with site visit | Covid-19 interventions where visit status unclear from records |
March 2020 | 4 | 2 | - |
April 2020 | 1,686 | 44 | - |
May 2020 | 924 | 134 | - |
June 2020 | 1,989 | 198 | 2 |
July 2020 | 2,527 | 1,646 | 48 |
August 2020 | 3,406 | 1,582 | 49 |
September 2020 | 9,008 | 2,202 | 52 |
October 2020 | 11,408 | 5,378 | 87 |
November 2020 | 11,256 | 9,382 | 52 |
December 2020 | 9,197 | 10,019 | 157 |
January 2021 | 11,721 | 13,586 | 42 |
February 2021 | 22,170 | 15,580 | 31 |
March 2021 | 6,586 | 3,870 | 8 |
Totals | 91,882* | 63,627 | 528 |
*In addition, there are over 14,500 ‘green’ concerns assessed as ‘low risk’ which have been dealt with by HSE’s Concerns and Advisory Team.
Note: Data was extracted from HSE’s live operational database on 10th March 2021 and is subject to change, eg.as there can be a delay of up to ten working days before information is uploaded to the system.
In response to PQ 165429, the information is provided in the table below:
Month / Year | Workplace concern interventions | Spot check interventions | Outbreak interventions | RIDDOR investigations (fatalities) | RIDDOR investigations (non fatalities) | Totals |
March 2020 | 331 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 337 |
April 2020 | 3,721 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3,734 |
May 2020 | 2,060 | 71 | 0 | 39 | 14 | 2,184 |
June 2020 | 1,247 | 1,632 | 5 | 33 | 15 | 2,932 |
July 2020 | 1,269 | 3,774 | 51 | 10 | 31 | 5,135 |
August 2020 | 1,016 | 4,692 | 45 | 5 | 7 | 5,765 |
September 2020 | 1,152 | 10,779 | 76 | 13 | 21 | 12,041 |
October 2020 | 1,520 | 16,252 | 131 | 7 | 14 | 17,924 |
November 2020 | 2,347 | 20,043 | 149 | 10 | 65 | 22,614 |
December 2020 | 1,202 | 19,071 | 64 | 16 | 35 | 20,388 |
January 2021 | 3,105 | 24,850 | 55 | 23 | 29 | 28,062 |
February 2021 | 1,578 | 37,608 | 39 | 21 | 26 | 39,272 |
March 2021 | 187 | 10,454 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 10,671 |
Totals | 20,735* | 149,244 | 619 | 182 | 279 | 171,059 |
*This total includes those concerns listed in the table above in response to PQ 21/165426, with the remainder being those concerns categorised as ‘green’ (assessed as ‘low risk’) which have been dealt with by HSE’s Concerns and Advisory Team.
Notes:
i. For RIDDOR investigations the number relates to specific matters; typically, there will be more than one visit when dealing with the matter.
ii. Data was extracted from HSE’s live operational database on 10th March 2021 and is subject to change, eg.as there can be a delay of up to ten working days before information is uploaded to the system.