Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many inspections have the Health and Safety Executive conducted by sector in each year since 2008.

Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

The table below shows the number of inspections, by year and by sector, carried out by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for each financial year since 2017. HSE’s data deletion policy only allows for retention of detailed inspection data for up to 7 years, therefore data before 2017 can be found on Gov.uk website.

The figures below are based on raw live data and can be subject to change due to updates to historical cases. Therefore these figures may differ to the figures published in the Annual Reports.

‘Sector’ as used in this table is a term used by HSE internally and is a categorisation of the main economic activity of a workplace. The figures below include inspections to major hazard sites. A breakdown by sector is not always published in the Annual Reports as the focus will be on the respective priorities of business plan for that work year.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase the number of inspections carried out by the Health and Safety Executive.

Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) does not measure its impact by counting the number of inspections. HSE uses a variety of methods to influence change and help people manage risks at work including providing advice, information and guidance, working with stakeholders, carrying out investigations and taking enforcement action to prevent harm and hold those who break the law to account

HSE’s published business plan for 2023/2024 outlines the targeted interventions it plans to deliver in areas of greatest risk to assess dutyholder compliance with the law, this can be found here. In carrying out this work HSE is planning to deliver a minimum of 14,000 inspections.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of offshore incidents (a) met HSE’s Incident Selection Criteria and (b) were investigated by HSE in the first six months of 2022.

Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

In the first 6 months of 2022:

• 154 offshore incidents were reported to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), with 24 meeting HSE’s Incident Selection Criteria.
• 118 dangerous occurrences at offshore sites were reported to HSE. 22 of the 118 dangerous occurrences met HSE’s Incident Selection Criteria, of which 11 investigations were completed. 36 personal injury accidents were reported to HSE. Of these, 1 personal injury accident met HSE’s Incident Selection Criteria and a resulting investigation was completed.
• An additional investigation regarding 1 fatality which met HSE’s incident selection criteria is currently underway to determine whether this incident was work related, so is not reported in the 118 dangerous occurrences.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many offshore incidents met HSE’s Incident Selection Criteria in the first six months of 2022.

Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

In the first 6 months of 2022:

• 154 offshore incidents were reported to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), with 24 meeting HSE’s Incident Selection Criteria.
• 118 dangerous occurrences at offshore sites were reported to HSE. 22 of the 118 dangerous occurrences met HSE’s Incident Selection Criteria, of which 11 investigations were completed. 36 personal injury accidents were reported to HSE. Of these, 1 personal injury accident met HSE’s Incident Selection Criteria and a resulting investigation was completed.
• An additional investigation regarding 1 fatality which met HSE’s incident selection criteria is currently underway to determine whether this incident was work related, so is not reported in the 118 dangerous occurrences.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many dangerous occurrences offshore were reported to HSE in the first six months of 2022.

Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

In the first 6 months of 2022:

• 154 offshore incidents were reported to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), with 24 meeting HSE’s Incident Selection Criteria.
• 118 dangerous occurrences at offshore sites were reported to HSE. 22 of the 118 dangerous occurrences met HSE’s Incident Selection Criteria, of which 11 investigations were completed. 36 personal injury accidents were reported to HSE. Of these, 1 personal injury accident met HSE’s Incident Selection Criteria and a resulting investigation was completed.
• An additional investigation regarding 1 fatality which met HSE’s incident selection criteria is currently underway to determine whether this incident was work related, so is not reported in the 118 dangerous occurrences.

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