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Health and Safety Executive and Pensions Regulator: Finance

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 15 November 2025UIN 88320

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual budget was for the (a) Pensions Regulator and (b) Health and Safety Executive in each year since 2005.

Answered by Torsten Bell

Both the Health and Safety Executive and the Pensions Regulator are funded from a mix of sources. These include direct government funding, levies on industry (in the case of the Pensions Regulator) and from charging or cost recoveries.

The full spend, and financial breakdowns, for these bodies by year can be found in their respective Annual Report and Accounts. This information is available in the public domain via The Pensions Regulator and Health and Safety Executive respective ARAs. They can be found using the following links:

The Pensions Regulator (see Financial Review sections)

HSE Annual Reports and Accounts (see statement of Cashflows section)

[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Reports produced by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

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