Question follow-through · 71544

Co-operative Group: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of lone working on the health and safety of employees at the Co-op.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
5 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of lone working on the health and safety of employees at the Co-op.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has the policy lead for regulation of workplace health and safety in Great Britain. The primary responsibility for managing risk to health and safety lies with employers. An employer is the person or organisation that...

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Hazardous Substances: Health and Safety

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