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date	15/06/2023
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	Wind Power: 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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of safety incident data for the UK set out in the report by the G+ Global Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation entitled 2022 incident data report; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	189777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recognises that the expected life of an offshore wind farm, from construction to decommissioning will be around 25 years. During this time, the extent of the activity, and hence the risk, will vary significantly.</p><p> </p><p>HSE has a targeted programme of preventive inspections to offshore wind farms based on their risk profile from a range of data, including safety incidents, to ensure those presenting the highest risk receive the appropriate regulatory attention. This data will also be used to determine the policy for regulating the offshore wind sector.</p><p> </p><p>HSE focuses on identifying underlying causes and common issues to reduce the risk of accidents and / or near misses, and engaging with relevant trade bodies, including G+, to enable risks to be adequately managed.</p><p> </p><p>All duty holders are encouraged by HSE to focus on health and safety leadership and to have adequate competence in workers at all levels.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 20/06/2023 11:46:34 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

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date	09/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that implementing Eu Directive set out in Regulation EC No.1073/2009 will not prevent people with a disability from accessing local transport services.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	189777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>EC Regulation 1073/2009 deals with access to the international market for coach and bus operations. It includes within its provisions, a legal basis so that vehicles from the European Union can operate in the United Kingdom. It does not cover passenger accessibility issues nor non-commercial operations such as local charity groups.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 189776 question first answered 19/11/2018 16:51:22 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse