United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 22181
Hearing Impairment: Employment
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6 January 2025
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14 January 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will hold discussions with the Health and Safety Executive on the potential merits of taking steps encourage employers to (a) organise regular hearing tests, (b) distribute adequate personal hear
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6 January 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will hold discussions with the Health and Safety Executive on the potential merits of taking steps encourage employers to (a) organise regular hearing tests, (b) distribute adequate personal hear
Source: Commons
14 January 2025
Answer
Duties on employers are well established in the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005, which require employers to: a) Carry out hearing tests regularly by a competent person (health surveillance) when there may be a risk to their employee’s hearing, ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-01-06/22181
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1752900
- uk · wq-1752900 · source updated 14 January 2025