Agenda item - Health & Safety Service Plan 2016-17

Report of the Director of Public Health (copy attached).

That the Committee approves the proposed Health & Safety Service Plan

2016/2017.

73.1      The Committee considered a report of the Director of Public Health that set out the council’s Health & Safety Service Plan 2016/17 in accordance with the requirements of the National Local Authority Enforcement Code issued by the Health & Safety Executive under Section 18 of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974.

73.2      Councillor Theobald stated that he would not be supporting the recommendations as he did not believe 0.6 of an employee could meet the statutory requirement of the Code particularly in view of the nature of Brighton and Hove’s tourist economy.

73.3      The Environmental Health Manager stated that whilst resources would be a challenge, the proposals set out complied with the requirements of the Code. In the course of the past few years, a number of reviews were carried out at national level which meant the scope of work was much smaller.

73.4      RESOLVED- That the Committee approves the proposed Health & Safety Service Plan 2016/2017.