Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of health and safety legislation that is currently in force.

Professor Löfstedt’s Reclaiming Health and Safety for All: An independent review of health and safety legislation (2011) found that the framework for health and safety law was broadly right, but recommended simplifying its structure and the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) guidance to help business comply more easily. The Government’s response to the Review was published in March 2015: ‘A final report on implementation of health and safety reforms’. A copy of the report is attached.