Health and Safety
Executive
Evaluation of CDM 2007
Anthony Lees
Evaluation of CDM 2007
 Background
 Methodology
 Emerging themes
 Constraints and the way forward
 Conclusions
Background
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History of CDM 2007
Baseline Study in 2005
Prayer Debate
Commitment to early evaluation
Expectation of future process
Methodology
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Baseline study 2006
Pilot research 2009-10
Main phase research 2010
CONIAC working group 2009-10
Mixture of qualitative and quantitative
Methodology limitations
Emerging themes
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Consensus – but no consensus
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Bureaucracy
Strong evidence of aims met
Regulations fit the sector
Concerns over application and
interpretation
Co-ordination
Need for honesty over effectiveness of
ACoP
Constraints and the way forward
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Change of administration: New approach
to regulation
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Lord Young Review: Common Sense,
Common Safety
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Löfstedt Review of health and safety
legislation
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Red Tape Challenge
Skills and the ‘new competence’ agenda
Europe
Conclusions
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Evaluation confirms anecdote
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Evaluation caught up in radically-widened
agenda
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Commitment to continue to work with
industry
Sound basis for future policy development
High-level conclusions, but ample detail
to inform future work