Offshore Industry

(asked on 8th September 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes have been made by the Health and Safety Executive to accommodation standards for offshore oil and gas workers on installations in the North Sea in the last three years; on what grounds the decision was made to approve such changes; and on what dates those changes were made.


Answered by
Mark Harper Portrait
Mark Harper
Secretary of State for Transport
This question was answered on 26th September 2014

There have been no changes to statutory accommodation standards for offshore oil and gas workers on installations in the North Sea in the last three years.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) removed the requirement for operators to seek approval before making changes to accommodation arrangements from 1st April 2014.

This decision was taken to ensure that notification arrangements did not constrain development and growth or prevent operators from staying on top of maintenance backlogs, including maintenance of safety critical equipment.

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