Road Safety

Mr. Kidney
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his Department’s assessment is of the use by employers of the Health and Safety Executive and Department of Transport guidance on Driving While at Work published in September 2003.

Mrs. McGuire
No formal assessment has been undertaken of the use made by employers of “Driving at Work”.

The Health and Safety Executive and the Department for Transport (DfT) are working together on a number of projects aimed at promoting the benefits of managing work-related road safety. As part of this work, DfT plans to evaluate the effectiveness of available guidance material.