§ Mr. John McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place a copy in the Library of the health and safety policy of each of the agencies within his Department.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the agencies concerned: the Forensic Science Service, the United Kingdom Passport Agency and the Fire Service College. I have asked the chief executive of each of these agencies to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from J. Hayzelden to Mr. John McAllion, dated 12 November 1992:
The Home Secretary has asked me to respond to your Parliamentary Question about the health and safety policy of the United Kingdom Passport Agency. We give a very high priority to health and safety matters in the Passport Agency and we have separate statements to cover each of the buildings that we occupy. I have arranged for a copy of these documents to be placed in the Library of the House.
Letter from A. Salisbury to Mr. John McAllion, dated 16 November 1992:
The Secretary of State for the Home Department has asked the chief executives of the executive agencies for which he is responsible to write to you directly in response to your Parliamentary Question about health and safety policies. I am replying as the Deputy Commandant of the Fire Service College agency on behalf of the Chief Executive, Mr. Brian Fuller, who is currently abroad on business.A copy of the College's existing health and safety policy will be placed in the Library of the House. The policy is currently under review in the light of new health and safety at work regulations which will be coming into force at the beginning of 1993 and which are required in order to implement European Community directives on health and safety at work.410WAs decided by the Administration Committee of the House of Commons, Chief Executives' replies to written Parliamentary Questions will be published in the Official Report. I will also place a copy of this letter in the Library of the House.Letter from J. Thompson to Mr. John McAllion, dated 17 November 1992:
You recently tabled a Parliamentary Question asking for a copy of the Health and Safety Policy of each of the agencies to be placed in the Library. As you know, the arrangement now is that the Chief Executive of an Executive Agency, with the agreement of the Minister, replies to Members of Parliament on operational matters. I am therefore replying on behalf of the Forensic Science Service (FSS).A copy of the current health and safety policy has been placed in the Library as you requested. You will see from the introduction that the policy continues to operate within the overall umbrella of the Home Office Health and Safety Policy. The document represents a second level policy statement, operating within the 3 tier Home Office policy. Third level local policy documents for each laboratory set out the local application of the policy and procedures.