Question follow-through · 53400

Batteries: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive plans to create a dedicated department within the Energy Division of the Hazardous Industries Directorate to take responsibility for battery energy storage system

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
19 May 2025
Target answer date
21 May 2025
Answer
28 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 19 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive plans to create a dedicated department within the Energy Division of the Hazardous Industries Directorate to take responsibility for battery energy storage system

  2. 21 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) deploys its resources to deliver risk based proportionate regulation of workplaces, including battery energy storage system (BESS) facilities. This approach is set out in HSE’s Regulatory approach – (Regulation of hea...

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