§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what considerations have led to full safety reports prepared pursuant to the requirements of the Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards Regulations476W 1984, S.I.,1984, No. 1902, as amended, for the Health and Safety Executive not being made publicly available on request. [20381]
§ Mr. OppenheimSafety reports are relevant information for the purposes of section 28 of the Health and Safety at Work, etc., Act 1974, whose disclosure is permitted only in specified circumstances.
Relevant information may be disclosed with the consent of the person who supplied it or for use in court proceedings or where its disclosure would be for the purposes of the Health and Safety Executive's functions. None of these would allow the general public availability of these reports.
Any environmental information in a safety report will be made available on request under the Environmental Information Regulations 1992, subject to the excepted categories of information in those regulations.