Offshore Industry: Safety

(asked on 8th July 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with (a) ministerial colleagues in the Department for Energy and Climate Change, (b) the Health and Safety Executive, (c) the Oil and Gas Authority, (d) trade unions and (e) Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) on OGUK's finding in its annual report into the industry's safety performance in the North Sea in 2014 of a growing backlog of safety critical maintenance work on oil and gas installations.


Answered by
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
This question was answered on 16th July 2015

The Minister for Disabled People has held discussions on this matter with the Health and Safety Executive. HSE have begun discussions with the Oil and Gas Authority to ensure its approaches to asset maintenance are coordinated. HSE has raised the issue of asset maintenance at a wide range of industry forums, including the tripartite Step Change in Safety Leadership Team at which both Trades Unions and OGUK are represented.

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