Report Summary
This report provides members of the Scottish Police Authority People Committee with an overview of a revised Health and Safety Certificate of Assurance process.
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Meeting
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People committee - 28 February 2024
Date : 28 February 2024
Location : online
Background
The Health and Safety Certificate of Assurance process takes place annually and involves the completion of a paper-based questionnaire by Divisional Commanders/Heads of Department (HoD). The certification process ascertains their understanding of health and safety and divisional/departmental compliance with the Police Scotland Health and Safety Policy and Health and Safety Management System.
A review of the current Certificate of Assurance process determined that the extensive 47-point questionnaire was resource intensive to complete and administer and the broad nature of the questionnaire resulted in insufficient detail being recorded. As a result, the current process was not assessed as fulfilling the objective of providing assurance of health and safety compliance.
In November 2023, approval was given to review and update the Certificate of Assurance process and to pilot a proposed replacement assurance process.
