Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that the Health and Safety Executive's website is updated to include the safety record of helicopters in the UK offshore sector in each year between 2002 and 2016.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) regulates all UK aircraft operators to ensure they comply with relevant international safety standards including European-wide safety regulations set by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors visit offshore installations on a regular basis to inspect all aspects of health and safety, including helidecks and helideck operations. The split of responsibilities between HSE and CAA is explained in the HSE Guidance Document INDG219, which is published with the HSE Offshore Marine and Aviation safety guidance.

HSE also has a Memorandum of Understanding with the CAA which describes how the two organisations work with one another, and which is published on the HSE MoU web pages.

HSE directs any queries on the regulation of the airworthiness and operational safety of an aircraft or its passengers to the CAA and its website.

The CAA published a review of accidents operations directly associated with offshore oil and gas activities during the period 1976-2002 in its publication CAP1145 – Safety review of offshore public transport helicopter operations in support of the exploitation of oil and gas.