Format for Fee for Intervention figures revealed

A Freedom of Information (FoI) request has revealed that in the three months in which the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) Fee for Intervention (FFI) Scheme has been in force, 903 premises have been visited, with 373 of those being construction sites.

A more recent FoI request has also shown that as a result of visits between 1 October to 30 November 2012, 1,148 FFI invoices have been raised, with a total value of £727,644.

The HSE Board heard that a broad breakdown of the invoices show:

• 10% of invoices are for values greater than £1,000;
• 70% are for less than £500; and
• 30% are for less than £200.

Anyone receiving an FFI invoice will have 21 days from receipt in which to query it, should they believe they weren’t in material breach of the law or the time the fee is charged for is incorrect. If they remain unhappy after the HSE's response they will then have a further 21 days in which to lodge a dispute.

For more information, see:

• Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations SI 2012/1652;
• HSE47 - Guidance on the application of Fee for Intervention;
• HSE48 - Fee for intervention: What you need to know.