Lord Berkeleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is their estimate of the proportion of road vehicle drivers who are "at work" as defined by the Health and Safety Executive document of September Driving at Work. [HL4607]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Baroness Hollis of Heigham)The Government have no statistics on which to base an estimate of the proportion of drivers who are "at work".
The estimate referred to in Driving at work: Managing work-related safety, that up to a third of all UK road traffic incidents may involve someone who is at work, comes from the conclusions of the Work-related Road Safety Task Group. The task group's report, which was published in November 2001, may be viewed at: www.hse.gov.uk/roadsafety/trafficl.pdf.
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Lord Berkeleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
What action they have taken to ensure compliance with the Health and Safety Executive document of September Driving at Work. [HL4608]
§ Baroness Hollis of HeighamThe publicationDriving at work: Managing work-related road safety, jointly published by the Health and Safety Executive and the Department for Transport, is a guidance document that has no legal status and does not require compliance. The guidance is designed to raise awareness about employers’ responsibilities for work related driving activity, where relevant, under existing health and safety law. It contains advice on how these responsibilities can be carried out, to assist employers meet their obligations.