Health and Safety at Work

Who do we inspect?

Health and safety enforcement is split between the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and local authorities, dependant upon the type of work activity involved. In the main, local authorities are responsible for health and safety enforcement in the following types of work activity:

• Offices;
• Retail and wholesale shops, including cash and carry, market stalls, shoe repairers, coin operated launderettes, mobile shops and garden centres;
• Tyre and exhaust centres;
• Restaurants, takeaway food shops, mobile snack bars and catering services;
• Hotels etc, including pubs, cafes, wine bars, guest houses, hostels, holiday homes, caravan and camping sites and residential homes;
• Wholesale or retail warehouses;
• Leisure and entertainment facilities, including night clubs, discos, bingo halls, amusement arcades, circuses, social clubs, sports facilities, health clubs, gyms, swimming pools, riding schools, pleasure boat hire, golf clubs, motor racing circuits, race courses, theatres and art galleries; 
• Therapeutic and beauty services;
• Exhibitions;
• Religious activities;
• Undertakers;
• Animal care.