Farmers: Industrial Health and Safety
(asked on 21st January 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce risks for farmers at work.
This question was answered on 29th January 2019
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has responsibility for the regulation of health and safety standards on Great Britain’s farms. In March 2018, HSE published its Agriculture Sector Intervention Strategy (available at: http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/strategiesandplans/sector-plans/ag-sec-intervention-strategy.pdf) which details the actions they will take to tackle farm accidents and ill health.