Question follow-through · 13168
Ladders: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce the number of deaths resultant from falls from a ladder and (b) improve the safety of people working from heights.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 25 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 2 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce the number of deaths resultant from falls from a ladder and (b) improve the safety of people working from heights.
2 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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2 Jul 2026
Answer published
Falls from height, including from ladders, remain a leading cause of fatal injury. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) treats this as a core enforcement priority. To reduce deaths from falls from a ladder, HSE enforces the Work at Height Regulations 200...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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