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Recommendation from the meeting of the Environment and Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 27 January 2020 on the Health and Safety Service Plan 2020/21.

Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 27 January 2020

The Health and Safety Service Plan 2020/21 was approved and recommended to the Council to be adopted.

Recommendation from the meeting of the Environment and Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 27 January 2020 on the Health and Safety Service Plan 2020/21 (Minute 50 refers).

(1)        The Decision Taken

RESOLVED:

That the Health and Safety Service Plan 2020/21 be approved and sent to the Council to be adopted.

(2)        Reasons for the Decision

Local Authorities and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) had a shared responsibility for ensuring public and employee health and safety protection throughout the UK.  Whilst the main responsibility remained with businesses and individuals the Council had a responsibility to deliver a service that regulated businesses and enforced against those that failed to protect the public.

The Public Health and Protection team had successfully attained a grant from the HSE to deliver (in partnership with the Council) a programme for small to medium-sized enterprises. 

There were no significant changes to the plan from the previous one.