Question follow-through · 5632
Silica: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Health and Safety Executive on improving health surveillance for workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 1 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 10 Jun 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Health and Safety Executive on improving health surveillance for workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica.
3 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has strengthened its guidance on health surveillance to make clear that employers must ensure that the health of employees exposed to respirable crystalline silica is regularly monitored. HSE is serving improvement no...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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