Asbestos

Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 1 September 2014.

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Photo of Stephen Timms Stephen Timms Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent steps his Department has taken to publicise the risks associated with asbestos.

Photo of Mark Harper Mark Harper Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) (Disabled People)

The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) recent efforts on publicising the risks associated with asbestos has been through its general operational and other activities with at-risk groups as appropriate, backed by a comprehensive package of advice and guidance on the dedicated asbestos web pages of the HSE’s website. A revised Approved Code of Practice to support the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 has also been produced.

HSE will also launch a bespoke asbestos behaviour change campaign in autumn 2014. This will target those workers most at risk and aims to get them to recognise that asbestos is relevant to them and their work place, and encourage them to seek reliable information about how they can protect themselves, so reducing needless deaths.

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