Health and Safety Executive: Staff
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Health and Safety Executive inspection officials are based in (a) Scotland, (b) England and (c) Wales.
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms
As the table below shows, as of 31 October 2025, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) currently employs 899 full time equivalent (FTE) inspector staff in all grades and roles including trainees, managers and specialists with warrants. There are currently 666 FTE Band 3 and 4 inspectors who undertake the delivery of the operational division workplans. This includes inspections and investigations into reported incidents and concerns and where non-compliance with health and safety legislations is identified, the inspectors take regulatory action in accordance with HSE’s published Enforcement Policy Statement.
Although HSE staff work across England, Scotland and Wales, these figures are based on the office location where the staff are employed.
Job Band | England | Scotland | Wales | Total |
SCS | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
Band 1 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 32 |
Band 2 | 153 | 27 | 11 | 191 |
Band 3 | 402 | 96 | 42 | 540 |
Band 4 | 98 | 19 | 9 | 126 |
Total | 686 | 146 | 66 | 899 |
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