Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on the potential merits of introducing a maximum temperature to be allowed in the workplace.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has engaged with other departments across government in the development of the proposals for workplace temperature as part of the review of the Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) for the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992.

HSE will be consulting on the review of the ACOP, and there will be an opportunity to respond to the consultation.