Question follow-through · 13527
Employment: Temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of legislation in ensuring workplaces are maintained at a reasonable temperature during periods of extreme heat.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 26 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 30 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jul 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of legislation in ensuring workplaces are maintained at a reasonable temperature during periods of extreme heat.
30 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 place an obligation on employers to provide a ‘reasonable’ temperature in indoor workplaces. There is a legal obligation under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 for all...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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