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Natural Gas: Engineers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to help protect gas engineers from customers who have had a past of being abusive to engineers.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
8 Sept 2026
Target answer date
10 Sept 2026
Answer
11 Sept 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to help protect gas engineers from customers who have had a past of being abusive to engineers.

  2. 10 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    Employers have a legal duty under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 to manage the risk to employees from work-related violence, which includes: verbal abuse,threats and intimidation,physical assault,abuse by customers or members of the public. T...

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