Decision

Salford City Council - Record of Decision

I Councillor Barbara Bentham, Lead Member for Neighbourhoods, Environment and Community Safety , in exercise of the powers contained within the City Mayors Register of Executive Functions Delegated to Lead Members do hereby approve the Health and Safety Plan for 2026-2027 incorporating a review of the 2025-2026 performance.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has a National Local Authority Enforcement Code with the aim of ensuring that local authority health and safety enforcement are focused on serious risks and poor performers. To ensure the service is accountable to our community, local authority health and safety services and processes should be designed to meet the local needs of the public and businesses. This should be reflected in publicly available risk-based service plans, approved, on an annual basis, by elected members, which reflects the HSE’s strategic priorities and the objectives of the National Code.

Options considered and rejected were N/A

Assessment of Risk : Low

The source of funding to meet the requirements of the HSE can be met within existing budgets.

Legal Advice obtained: Yes Shared Legal Service

Financial Advice obtained: Yes Karen Wilcha, Senior Accountant

Procurement Advice: n/a

Climate change implications: n/a

The following documents have been used to assist the decision process.

• Health and Safety Plan 2026-2027

Contact Officers:  

John Snow, Service Manager, Regulatory Strategy     

Tel No 0161 925 1315

Tim Cook, Service Manager Regulatory Strategy

Tel No 0161 925 1037

*           This decision is not subject to consideration by another Executive             Lead Member/Executive Director

*           The appropriate scrutiny panel to call-in the decision is the             Community and Neighbourhoods Scrutiny Panel.

Signed: Councillor Barabara Bentham   

Lead Member for Neighbourhoods, Environment and Community safety

Dated: 8th June 2026

*           This decision was published on  Wednesday 10th June 2026                                             

*           This decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on Wednesday 17th June

           2026 unless it is called-in in accordance with the Decision Making

           Process Rules.