Companies are not required by law to publish data on their health and safety performance, and consequently the Health and Safety Executive does not offer generic guidance on this.<\/p>
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However, for high hazard businesses operating under the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999, the competent authority, comprising HSE and the relevant environmental regulators, has recently (October 2014) published a Performance and Recognition Framework which describes how it takes account of business performance in planning its interventions. The Framework encourages the adoption by major hazard operators of industry-wide Process Safety Leadership Principles, which advocate the use of performance indicators, publication of performance information and sharing of good practice across sectors.<\/p>
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The number of inbound calls received by the Child Maintenance Options Service from September 2014 to the end of November 2014 is shown in the table below.<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> Month<\/p><\/td> Number of calls received by the Child Maintenance Options Service<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sep-14<\/p><\/td> 31,390<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Oct-14<\/p><\/td> 30,460<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nov-14<\/p><\/td> 27,300<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Notes:<\/p> - Data Sourced from CMO Monthly MI Service Pack<\/p> - Data rounded to nearest 5<\/p>"}
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