Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered on 11th November 2020.
Lord Mendelsohn
Labour
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.
Baroness Stedman-Scott
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
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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