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Natural Gas: Safety

Commons · Question 89030 · Tabled 10 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 17 Nov 2025

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Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making it a legal requirement that all operatives entering a UK home to undertake gas work must display their Gas Safe Register accreditation an

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 17 Nov 2025

The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations (1998) place a legal requirement on those who undertake gas work to be competent and Gas Safe Registered. The Gas Safe Register Rules of Registration require engineers to carry an in-date, valid ID card wh...