Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the level of compliance by businesses with the maximum and minimum temperature guidelines for temperature in the workplace set out in the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992: Approved Code of Practice and guidelines, published in 2013.

No recent assessment has been made. However Health and Safety Executive and Local Authority inspectors ensure businesses comply with health and safety law, including guidelines for temperatures in the Approved Code of Practice, and will take action where they find evidence of risks not being properly controlled.