Resources

Cost recovery rates increased from 1 April 2024

HSE’s fees and charges rates have had an inflationary increase from 1 April 2024. Businesses found to be in material breach of health and safety law will be charged at this new rate. Those businesses that meet their legal requirements will not pay anything for HSE’s regulatory activity.

Fee for intervention (FFI) guidance

When a health and safety inspector calls^[1]
FFI Invoice Information (.xlsx) ^[2]
Enforcement Management Model^[3]
Biological Agents guidance (PDF) ^[4]
Protocol for HSL research visits (PDF) ^[5]

Reference materials

Useful links

The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2022 (legislation.gov.uk)^[8]

Link URLs in this page

When a health and safety inspector callshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hsc14.htm
FFI Invoice Informationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/fee-for-intervention/assets/docs/ffi-invoice-information.xlsx
Enforcement Management Modelhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/enforce/enforcement-management-model.htm
Biological Agents guidancehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/fee-for-intervention/assets/docs/biological-agents-guidance.pdf
Protocol for HSL research visitshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/fee-for-intervention/assets/docs/protocol-hsl-visits.pdf
Interim evaluation report on Fee For Intervention - June 2012https://www.hse.gov.uk/fee-for-intervention/assets/docs/interim-evaluation.pdf
HSE costing and pricing policyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/fee-for-intervention/assets/docs/hse-costing-and-pricing.pdf
The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2022 (legislation.gov.uk)https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1378/contents/made
When a health and safety inspector callshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hsc14.htm
Guidance on the application of FFIhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse47.htm
Health and safety basics for your businesshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/index.htm
Charginghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/charging/index.htm

Glossary of abbreviations/acronyms on this page

HSL: Health and Safety Laboratory