Asbestos: Health and Safety
Commons · Question 77525 · Tabled 16 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Emma Lewell
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive plans to update its Standard Occupational Classification asbestos mortality statistics to include (a) deaths over 75 and (b) non-occupational exposures.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 15 Oct 2025
The Health and Safety Executive does not currently plan to change the basis for its mesothelioma and asbestosis mortality statistics by last occupation of the deceased. These statistics use routinely collected data from the Office for National Statistics ...