Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2021 to Question 21959 on Natural Gas: Hydrogen, when the Health and Safety Executive’s review of the Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996 is due to be completed.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is currently assessing safety evidence provided by industry to inform its review of the Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996 (GSMR). HSE expects to put forward proposals for change and associated policy options by the end of 2021, at which time I will consider how any changes to GSMR can support the government’s objectives for safe gas composition standards, decarbonisation and hydrogen blending into the existing gas network.