PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Asbestos (22 October 2014)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many premises inspectors of the Health and Safety Executive visited as part of inspections of the licensed removal of asbestos in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
Asked by:
Sir Stephen Timms (Labour)
Asked by:
Sir Stephen Timms (Labour)
Answer
The information asked for is not held.
Below is a table of the number of Asbestos visits by Health and Safety Executive Inspectors. These numbers may include more than one visit to the same premises.
The number of inspections has reduced over the past five years due to a reduction in the number of licence holders from 559 in 2010 to 458 in 2014.
Year (April – March) | Number of Asbestos visits |
2010 – 2011 | 1,872 |
2011 – 2012 | 1,755 |
2012 – 2013 | 1,522 |
2013 – 2014 | 1,318 |
Answered by:
Mr Mark Harper (Conservative)
28 October 2014
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