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1487016

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date	06/07/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Silica: Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to help reduce exposure to respirable crystalline silica in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	31816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has a well-established regulatory framework in place to protect workers from the health risks associated with exposure to hazardous substances at work.</p><p> </p><p>Under the <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2677/introduction/made" target="_blank">Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH)</a> employers have a duty to prevent or adequately control worker exposure to hazardous substances such as Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS). COSHH sets out the hierarchy of control that must be implemented and, if managed appropriately, should result in achieving a level below the Work Exposure Limit (WEL) as detailed in HSE Guidance ‘<a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/eh40.htm" target="_blank">EH40/2005, Workplace exposure limits</a>’.</p><p><br> HSE also delivers communications campaigns to support its regulatory activity. These campaigns inform duty holders and workers of the hazards faced and how these should be controlled and monitored. HSE’s dust campaign which ran in late 2021, included silica exposure, and involved social media and press activity to support awareness of the risks and how to control them.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 12/07/2022 12:08:54 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1487017

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Silicosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to make silicosis a notifiable disease under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	31817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) are made under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and apply to all sectors and workplaces in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>The 2013 regulations clarified and simplified the list of reportable ill-health conditions (occupational diseases), as a result of a recommendation made by Professor Löfstedt in his report “<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reclaiming-health-and-safety-for-all-lofstedt-report" target="_blank">Reclaiming health and safety for all: An independent review of health and safety legislation</a>,” published in 2011.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) keeps the regulations, including specified injuries and reportable diseases, under review. The list of current reportable occupational diseases, including silicosis, will be considered as part of the next formal post-implementation review of RIDDOR, which is due to report in October 2023. HSE will engage with a range of stakeholders as part of the review process.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 12/07/2022 12:05:42 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1487018

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Silica: Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will reduce the Workplace Exposure Limit in the UK for silica related work to 0.05 mg/m3 in line with other countries.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	31818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) does not currently intend to review the Workplace Exposure Limit (WEL) of Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) in Great Britain. HSE contributed to the more recent European Union (EU) assessment of the limit in January 2019, where the EU reclassified RCS as a carcinogen and implemented the same occupational exposure limit as already existed in GB.</p><p> </p><p>HSE will continue to monitor international developments in this area and the evidence base to consider the range of interventions that might be suitable, including any change to the exposure limit in GB.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 12/07/2022 11:57:39 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1487019

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Silica: Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will introduce an industry awareness campaign on the potential effects of exposure to silica.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	31819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>Over the last three years the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has delivered several month-long inspection campaigns encompassing risks arising from silica in the construction industry. These campaigns also ran over the period impacted by coronavirus restrictions. HSE used these campaigns to highlight risks from dust, including silica, and used repeated messaging to drive sustained behaviour changes. The campaigns involved inspectors across the country visiting around 1000 sites identified as being likely to have dust risks present.</p><p> </p><p>HSE also delivers communications campaigns to support its regulatory activity. These campaigns inform duty holders and workers of the hazards faced and how these should be controlled and monitored. HSE’s dust campaign which ran in late 2021, included silica exposure, and involved social media and press activity to support awareness of the risks and how to control them.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 12/07/2022 11:54:45 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1487020

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Silica: Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to introduce real-time exposure monitoring for workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	31820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is aware of developments in real time monitoring instruments claiming to measure aerosols containing respirable crystalline silica (RCS) onsite.</p><p> </p><p>HSE will continue to monitor developments, as validation data to confirm accuracy remains limited. As with all advances in technology claims made for any of these instruments would need to be examined further and substantiated with robust data.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 12/07/2022 12:31:02 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1487021

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Lung Diseases: Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to introduce further measures on prevention of respiratory conditions in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	31821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) continues its activity to help prevent work related respiratory ill health by using the best available evidence to design interventions that will improve health outcomes. HSE delivers a wide range of regulatory activity to prevent work related respiratory ill health, focusing on steps employers and workers can take to control occupational exposures.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 12/07/2022 11:50:00 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue