Decision details

Approval of the Plan

Recommendation from the meeting of the Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 5 April 2017 on adoption of the Plan for 2017/18.

(1)        The Decision Taken

RESOLVED:

That the Health and Safety Service Plan 2016/17 be approved and recommended to the Council for adoption.

(2)        Reasons for the Decision

The plan set out the Council’s arrangements for enforcing Health and Safety at Work legislation over the forthcoming year 2017/18 in accordance with the requirement of section 18 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 to have a detailed service plan.

The general arrangements for delivery of this service were broadly similar to previous years but the main changes related to intervention priorities for the year ahead.  These took account of national priorities identified by the Health and Safety Executive and local priorities.

Warehouse safety, particularly work at height which was both a national and local priority as well as violence at work and swimming pool/spa safety were projects that would be looked into for the coming year.

(Note:  There were no declarations of interests by a Member(s) in respect of the matter decided.)