Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of (a) duty holders, (b) contractors and (c) trade unions in the offshore oil and gas industry on backlogs of safety critical maintenance work on operational oil and gas installations on the UK continental shelf.
In addition to normal regulatory activities the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) regularly attend meetings of Offshore Energies UK’s (OEUK) Maintenance Backlog Task Finish Group. HSE met with Unite and RMT representatives to discuss such backlogs on 12th May and 14th June 2023 respectively.