Recommendation 26: Specialist inspectorate and chief executive
From The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster, published 12 November 1990.
Recommendation
This division should employ a specialist inspectorate and have a clear identity and strong influence in the HSE. It should be headed by a chief executive who should be responsible directly to the Director General of the HSE and should be a member of its senior management board. His function would include the development of the offshore safety regime, and in particular the implementation of its provisions for Safety Cases and SMS (para 22.37).
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.