Department for Transport written question – answered at on 8 July 2020.
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what risk assessment his Department has made of the effect on railway workers from human waste and effluent on tracks in England and Wales during the covid-19 outbreak.
Chris Heaton-Harris
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
We have been clear that our priority remains the safety of staff and passengers.
We have issued comprehensive guidance to employers on the steps they should take to make their workplaces Covid-secure, which outlines measures to assess and address the risks of coronavirus in the transport sector across England.
Operators have been instructed to undertake Covid-19 staff-safety risk assessments to determine how best to maintain the health of staff through safe distancing and provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) where appropriate. All guidance documents are available on the government website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-safer-transport-guidance-for-operators.
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