Industrial Health and Safety: Coronavirus

(asked on 28th October 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many spot checks and inspections of employer premises have been conducted by the Health and Safety Executive to ensure that they are COVID-19 secure in each of the past six months for which figures are available.


This question was answered on 11th November 2020

From the 1st May 2020 to 27th October 2020, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has conducted 34310 spot checks and inspections of employer premises to ensure they are COVID-19 secure.

Table 1 - Breakdown of spot checks and inspections by month:

Calendar Month - 2020

Spot checks and inspections

May

89

June

2072

July

4513

August

5916

September

8960

1st – 27th October

12760

Total

34310

Note: The data is taken from HSE’s live operational database. It represents the picture as at 27th October 2020 and is subject to change, e.g. as inspection data is uploaded.

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