Health and Safety
Executive / Commission
Simplification plan
HSE’s third Simplification Plan provides a progress report on HSE’s work to reduce unnecessary administrative burdens from health and safety legislation. It also demonstrates how HSE is meeting the wider better regulation agenda.
The Government’s better regulation agenda supports HSE’s objectives to reduce work-related injuries and ill-health, as outlined in HSE’s 2008/09 Business Plan, by:
Simple, clear legislation can encourage compliance and help deliver better health and safety outcomes.
Working with others, in particular local authorities, is vital in raising health and safety awareness and in supporting employers and workers to improve health and safety in their organisations.
Ensuring appropriate and proportionate interventions are used to maximise impact on health and safety performance.
“Helping businesses understand their responsibilities is key to improving health and safety for everyone. The initiatives in this Plan play an important role in this, promoting a sensible, proportionate, and risk-based approach which enables organisations to conduct their activities efficiently and safely.”
Chair, Health and Safety Executive
October 2008
