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1059830

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	Natural Gas: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Annual Report of the Cross Government Group on Gas Safety and Carbon Monoxide will be published on the HSE website.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	220319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>HSE aims to publish the Annual Report of the Cross Government Group on Gas Safety and Carbon Monoxide on its website by the end of March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/02/2019 14:39:34 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

910417

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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	Natural Gas: Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the standards of gas safety in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL8175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 require that anyone employed to work on domestic gas systems is competent. An individual is deemed competent following successful completion of an industry-recognised training course and an assessment of their skills.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) working with the gas industry’s Standards Setting Body has supported the implementation of the Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers (IGEM) standard IGEM/IG/1 <em>Standards of training in gas work </em>(attached)<em>.</em> IGEM/IG/1 sets out the requirements for training in gas work, and will ensure that only those engineers who have completed an approved industry recognised training course will have access to the Accredited Certification Scheme (ACS) assessment of competence. Passing such assessment, or an Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (OFQUAL) regulated National Vocational Qualification (NVQ), enables an engineer to be considered as competent and apply for Gas Safe registration.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>HSE assesses standards of gas safety through published figures on gas-related incidents in Great Britain (attached). These are reportable under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrence Regulations (RIDDOR). This and further information can also be found in the Cross-Government Group on Gas Safety and Carbon Monoxide (CO) Awareness’ annual report for 2016/2017 (attached). The Group ensures a joined-up approach across departments, the devolved administrations and other governmental bodies to improve gas safety and tackle CO risks from all fuels.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe attachment 1 file name HL8173 HL8175 IGEM-IG-1 Standards of training in gas work.pdf title Standards of training in gas work 2 file name HL8173 HL8175 Published figures on gas-related incidents in Great Britain.xlsx title Gas-related incidents in Great Britain 3 file name HL8173 HL8175 Cross-Government Group on Gas Safety and Carbon Monoxide (CO) Awareness annual report for 2016-2017.pdf title Gas Safety and Carbon Monoxide Awareness grouped question UIN HL8173 question first answered 05/06/2018 16:01:54 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

423412

registered interest
date	22/10/2015
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	Natural Gas: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of cases of complaints about gas safety are investigated by the HSE.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	13085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>Over five years 2010/2011 – 2014/15 the Health and Safety Executive has investigated 12,000 of 12,100 gas safety cases.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 27/10/2015 13:50:48 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

423414

registered interest
date	22/10/2015
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	Natural Gas: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what sanctions the HSE can place on companies breaching gas safety.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	13083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>Sanctions that can be put in place by HSE range from verbal and written advice, improvement notices which require companies to take specified measures to achieve compliance and prohibition notices that stop companies from carrying out specified activities. Ultimately there is prosecution where unlimited fines are available in the Courts. (13083)</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 27/10/2015 13:40:25 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

423415

registered interest
date	22/10/2015
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	Natural Gas: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of complaints about gas safety to the HSE are (a) validated and (b) prosecuted.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	13084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>Over five years 2010/2011 – 2014/15 the Health and Safety Executive has (a) investigated 99.17% of cases; (b) with 1.38% (166 cases) having led to a prosecution. (13084)</p><br /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 27/10/2015 13:44:28 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

92904

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	Natural Gas: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has held with the Association of Gas Safety Managers about access to properties to undertake statutory gas safety checks.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	210162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>Neither myself nor the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions have held any discussions with the Association of Gas Safety Managers about access to properties to undertake statutory gas safety checks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive provides guidance to landlords on what to do if a tenant prevents access for a gas safety check: <a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/faqlandlord.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/faqlandlord.htm</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 16/10/2014 15:44:35 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones