| Heading: |
Batteries: Storage |
| Question ID: |
1804153 |
| UIN: |
53400 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5311 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Harriet Cross
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Harriet Cross
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive plans to create a dedicated department within the Energy Division of the Hazardous Industries Directorate to take responsibility for battery energy storage system |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-28 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Answer text: |
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) deploys its resources to deliver risk based proportionate regulation of workplaces, including battery energy storage system (BESS) facilities. This approach is set out in HSE’s Regulatory approach – (Regulation of hea... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |