Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the compliance with health and safety legislation of safety-critical maintenance work on offshore oil and gas installations in the North Sea.

The Health and Safety Executive examines standards of maintenance as a core element of all its offshore inspections. Inspectors take enforcement action in line with HSE’s Enforcement Policy Statement where risks are not controlled so far as reasonably practicable.