Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many additional call centre staff and inspectors the Health and Safety Executive plans to recruit using the additional £14 million of funding announced by the Government.

An additional sum of up to £14 million has been made available to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to support their advice and regulatory activities, such as extra call centre employees, inspectors and equipment. HSE is currently developing plans as more businesses return to work, it has already begun carrying out proactive checks to ensure that appropriate measures are in place to protect workers from COVID-19.