Recommendation 11

Managing the safety of the Palace remains a top priority for the Clerks and House Administrations.24 As they have been unhappy about the treatment of several safety issues, which also includes 12 instances of falling masonry, and given an increase in the volume of maintenance work, the Clerks have considered the structure of their safety teams and recently appointed a new Health and Safety Director.25 They, along with an additional six safety professionals appointed in the last 12 months, will have operational oversight for construction and maintenance safety management alongside the existing team.26 The Clerks also explained to us how they were more robustly compiling safety incidents through a dedicated database. However, the Clerk of the House of Commons recognised that he did not yet feel confident that safety structures were robust enough.27 Establishing new programme governance