Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many covid 19-related workplace inspections the Health and Safety Executive undertook in each of the last six months; and what the outcome was of each of those inspections.
The table below provides details of Covid specific site visits carried out by the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) operational staff in each of the last 6 months and up until 15th September 2020. Where an outcome has been recorded this has been provided below and please note that there will be some instances where an outcome has not yet been recorded.
| March | April | May | June | July | August | 1st - 15th September | Total |
No. of Covid Site Vists | 1 | 35 | 126 | 159 | 1,820 | 1,103 | 475 | 3,721 |
No Action Taken | 1 | 10 | 41 | 47 | 913 | 532 | 216 | 1,761 |
Verbal Advice | - | 12 | 55 | 61 | 619 | 379 | 195 | 1,322 |
Written Correspondence | - | 13 | 24 | 37 | 165 | 111 | 34 | 384 |
Enforcement Notices served | - | - | 6 | 13 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 68 |
Notes:
i) As the above data is taken from a live operational database it is subject to change e.g. when the outcome of an inspection is determined and recorded, due to the delay between a site visit and details being recorded onto the database and as a result of data quality checks.
ii) The data also does not include site visits for other purposes which may have addressed Covid issues e.g. investigations of reported accidents and workplace concerns and inspections carried out for other purposes.