The UK Government, in particular through the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) (external link) and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) (external link), work with the private sector to ensure that the chances of significant failures in our industrial sector are kept to a minimum.
The UK Government accordingly works with the private sector to ensure that we have the contingency plans in place that are proportionate and appropriate to the hazards we face.
The incidents of industrial technical failure that the UK Government uses for contingency planning purposes cover technical failure of the upstream oil and gas networks leading to disruption in production and accidental failure of a water treatment works, a public telephone provider, the telecommunications infrastructure and the electricity network.
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