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1654815

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
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	Offshore Fixed Structures: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many safety critical maintenance jobs on offshore oil and gas installations were deferred by operators in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	195402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) does not collect or hold data on the number of deferred safety critical maintenance jobs.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/09/2023 14:53:33 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1654816

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
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	Offshore Fixed Structures: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the role of contractor companies in the offshore oil and gas industry in the (a) safety case assessments and (b) the voluntary reporting scheme for safety-critical maintenance work on offshore oil and gas installations.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	195403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>Duty holders are responsible for preparing and submitting safety cases that are assessed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Duty holders are required to consult with those responsible for the conduct of the installation and with employers, including contractors, whose employees are engaged in the activities carried out on the installation. HSE assesses all elements of the case together rather than one element in isolation.</p><p>HSE does not collect or hold data on the role of contractor companies in the voluntary reporting scheme for safety-critical maintenance work on offshore oil and gas installations.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/09/2023 14:51:37 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1654817

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
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	Offshore Fixed Structures: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that the voluntary reporting scheme for safety-critical maintenance work on offshore oil and gas installations is compliant with the provisions covering risk assessments in Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	195404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) pro-active intervention programme includes the inspection of duty holders’ arrangements for risk assessment of deferred safety-critical maintenance work to ensure they are compliant with the requirements of Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. The information voluntarily reported to Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) by its members is used by HSE to inform its intervention programme.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/09/2023 14:49:18 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1654818

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
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	Offshore Industry: 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, how many safety case assessments the Health and Safety Executive has received from duty holders in the offshore oil and gas sector since 2018-19 .
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	195405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>From 2019 to 2023 the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) received 304 safety cases from duty holders in the oil and gas sector.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/09/2023 16:23:14 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1654819

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
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	Offshore Industry: 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 recent estimate he has made of the rate of compliance by operators in the offshore oil and gas industry with the requirements of the Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	195406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) does not collect data on the rate of compliance. HSE has a pro-active intervention programme for assessing duty holders’ compliance with the requirements of the Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015. It is an on-going requirement for duty holders to comply with the safety cases for each of their installations.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/09/2023 15:51:27 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1654820

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
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	Offshore Industry: 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 guidance his Department issues to duty holders in the North Sea oil and gas industry are their legal obligations to train (a) staff and (b) contractors to comply with the Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	195407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) publishes the “Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case etc) Regulations 2015 (SCR 2015) – Guidance on Regulations” which is available from its website <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/offshore/safetycases.htm" target="_blank">HSE Offshore: Safety cases</a> .</p><p>Guidance on training is also provided in HSE’s publications “<em>A guide to the Offshore Installations and Pipelines Works (Management and Administration) Regulations 1995</em>” (“MAR”) <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/l70.htm" target="_blank">A guide to the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works Regulations 1995 (Second edition) - L70 (hse.gov.uk)</a> and “<em>Prevention of fire explosion, and emergency response on offshore installations</em>” Offshore Installations (Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response) Regulations 1995 (“PFEER”) <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/l65.pdf" target="_blank">PFEER</a> .</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/09/2023 15:55:50 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1654821

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
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	Offshore Industry: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which contractor companies in the offshore oil and gas industry require their employees to work three week-on, three week-off shift patterns on production installations.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	195408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) does not collect or hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/09/2023 15:57:31 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1654822

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
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	Offshore Fixed Structures: 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 recent steps he has taken to assess the safety of grating systems for workers on offshore (a) fixed and (b) mobile oil and gas platforms.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	195409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recently issued a Safety Alert highlighting the unsafe use of floor grating systems which can be found <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/safetybulletins/floor-grating-systems.htm" target="_blank">here</a>. HSE has a pro-active intervention programme with duty holders which includes their asset integrity management systems and takes appropriate actions based on its findings.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/09/2023 16:06:03 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1654823

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Skilled Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress he has made on extending the Skills Passport for offshore oil and gas workers to work in (a) renewables, (b) Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage and (c) hydrogen industries; and how many workers are involved in the pilot version of the Skills Passport.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	195410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Energy Skills Passport was initially envisaged to enable the transition of workers between offshore oil and gas and offshore wind, but is now planned to be applicable to workers in emerging sectors such as Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage and hydrogen.</p><p> </p><p>The mapping of technical qualifications between the oil and gas and offshore wind sectors has been completed, and work is underway with representatives from emerging energy sectors to explore the mutual recognition of training to support the transition of offshore oil and gas workers.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 04/09/2023 13:29:36 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1654825

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
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	Offshore Fixed Structures: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which duty holders in the North Sea oil and gas industry participate in the voluntary reporting scheme for safety-critical maintenance work on offshore oil and gas installations.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	195411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) does not hold this information. A voluntary scheme is administered by Offshore Energy UK (OEUK), where its members report on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/09/2023 16:07:40 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham