Agenda item

The Committee received a report setting out the draft Health and Safety Service Plan for 2021/22. 

The Committee was informed that the Council’s health and safety function was governed by the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority) Regulations 1998 and the National Local Authority Enforcement Code.  Work was monitored by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and all local authorities were required to complete and submit an annual return on their enforcement activities to the HSE.

The draft Health and Safety Service Plan set out how the Council planned to discharge its statutory responsibilities in respect of health and safety and described how national priorities and standards would be addressed and delivered locally.  The Plan had been delayed to enable the revised HSE priorities arising from the Covid-19 pandemic and Government guidance on working practices following the removal of pandemic related business restrictions to be taken into account in the Plan’s development.

RESOLVED that the draft Health and Safety Service Plan 2021/22, as attached at Annex A to the report, be approved.