Question follow-through · 5638
Silica: Health Hazards
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica dust in the engineered stone sector.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 1 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jun 2026 · 16 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 estimate he has made of the number of workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica dust in the engineered stone sector.
3 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jun 2026
Answer published
Great Britain has a robust and well-established regulatory framework to protect workers from health risks arising from exposure to hazardous substances, including respirable crystalline silica under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulation...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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