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Stone: Health and Safety

Asked by Ayoub KhanIndependentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 9 June 2026UIN 5639

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether additional funding has been allocated to the Health and Safety Executive to support inspections and enforcement activity in engineered stone workshops and related workplaces.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) receives funding from the Department to support its role as workplace health and safety regulator. It is for HSE to prioritise how best to use that funding to support its core activities. HSE has identified resource from within its existing budget to undertake work on engineered stone workshops and related workplaces.

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