§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list for each agency within his Department the date of completion of the risk assessments required(a) by the display screen equipment regulations and (b) by the workplace regulations. [14436]
§ Mr. NorrisWhere major programmes of risk assessment have been completed or have a planned completion date that is given in the table. However, the requirement to undertake risk assessments is ongoing, for example, where there are changes in staff and in the workplace, as shown in the table.
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Agency (a) Display screen equipment (b) Workplace regulations Driver and Vehicle Licensing agency April 1995 HQ completed October 1995; local office network to be completed by May 1996 Driving Standards Agency Ongoing Ongoing Highways Agency To be completed by March 1996 Inspections completed by January 1996 Marine Safety Agency September 1995 September 1995 The Coastguard Agency Ongoing Ongoing Transport Research Laboratory August 1993 February 1996
Agency (a) Display screen equipment (b) Workplace regulations Vehicle Certification Agency January 1993 November 1995 Vehicle Inspectorate To be completed by December 1996 To be completed by December 1996
§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list by traffic area office the dates on which the risk assessment required by the display screen equipment regulations was carried out. [14441]
§ Mr. NorrisInformation is not readily available[...]on the exact dates of the initiation or completion of the risk assessments. But assessments of workstations already in place before the regulations came into force were carried out during 1994 and 1995 in all offices except the South Eastern and Metropolitan office, where the assessment is expected to be completed shortly.
Assessments of new workstations normally take place as and when the latter are installed.