Question follow-through · 5554

Cleaning Services: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive hold information on the number of electrocutions caused by the use of water-fed poles in window cleaning.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
12 Sept 2024
Target answer date
7 Oct 2024
Answer
10 Oct 2024 · 28 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 12 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive hold information on the number of electrocutions caused by the use of water-fed poles in window cleaning.

  2. 7 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR) places duties on employers, the self-employed and people in control of work premises (the Responsible Person) to report work-related fatalities, certain injuries, occu...

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