Giles Denham

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Presentation to GLA
Health and Safety Executive

• Giles Denham
• 20th September 2005

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Executive and Commission

• Two separate NDPBs
• Commission delegates functions to Executive
• Commission sets strategy and monitors Executive
  delivery

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What HSC/E regulates

• Risks to health and safety from work activities
  in GB
• Specialist areas eg Nuclear
• Public Safety issues
• NB Partnership with local government

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Delivery techniques used

• Risk based assessment
• Permissioning/Licensing/Approvals
• Inspection basic legislation is goal setting
  with duties on businesses
• Advice/Public Information
• Enforcement

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About the Commission

• Virtually full time Chair, and up to 9 members,
  appointed by Ministers
• Includes representatives of employers, workers
  and local government
• System of specialist advisory committees

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About the Executive

• 4000 staff
• 270m gross annual budget (215m net)
• Nine operational Divisions across GB
• Substantial policy advice role to Commission and
  Ministers

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HSC Strategy

• Vision
• Commission strategy sets priorities
• Recognise substantial improvements in workplace
  safety since 1974
• Now working to deliver challenging outcome based
  PSA targets

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Hampton Report

• Hampton commended HSC strategy, but recommended
  HSE enlargement as one of main thematic
  regulators
• HSC/E accepts broader focus this implies
• Will work to implement

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GLA and HSE

• HSE interest in temporary and migrant workers
• GLA focus on labour providers
• Compatibility not identity

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Next steps

• Dialogue with organisations linked with HSC/E by
  Hampton mutual learning
• Look for synergy ahead of statutory mergers
• Focus on delivery of outcomes for which
  organisations set up