Question follow-through · 100776
Natural Gas: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate his Department has made of the (a) number of gas jobs conducted annually by unqualified workers and (b) the proportion assessed as unsafe; and what proportion of unsafe gas works ar
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 16 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 30 Dec 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate his Department has made of the (a) number of gas jobs conducted annually by unqualified workers and (b) the proportion assessed as unsafe; and what proportion of unsafe gas works ar
18 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is responsible for the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 (GSIUR) which address the safe installation, maintenance, and use of gas systems, in commercial and domestic premises. Under GSIUR, gas engine...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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