Industrial Health and Safety: Coronavirus
(asked on 23rd October 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many covid-19 related cases opened by the Health and Safety Executive (a) are open and (b) have been closed in each month since March 2020.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has opened a total of 36658 covid-19 related cases arising from social distancing concerns, spot checks, outbreaks and investigations following reports received under the Reporting of Injuries Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013. HSE currently has open 10691 such cases and has closed a total of 25967 since March 2020.
Table 1 shows the numbers of cases opened (which remain open) and closed in each month since March 2020:
Calendar Month and Year | Open Cases | Closed Cases |
Mar | 0 | 6 |
Apr | 19 | 1710 |
May | 55 | 1077 |
Jun | 374 | 2310 |
Jul | 746 | 4263 |
Aug | 1637 | 4648 |
Sep | 3216 | 6282 |
1st – 27th Oct | 4644 | 5671 |
Totals | 10691 | 25967 |
Total open cases and closed cases |
| 36658 |
Notes:
(i) The figures were extracted from HSE’s live operational database and provide the picture on the date of extraction (27th October 2020). Any new cases yet to be added to the system will not be included.