Silica: Health Hazards
Commons · Question 5638 · Tabled 1 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Ayoub Khan
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica dust in the engineered stone sector.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 17 Jun 2026
Great Britain has a robust and well-established regulatory framework to protect workers from health risks arising from exposure to hazardous substances, including respirable crystalline silica under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulation...