Topics strategies identify HMRI’s operational policy, strategic aims and, at high level, potential work streams, for ensuring that risks associated with topic(s) are properly managed by duty holders. They give the Inspectorate a focus on key issues for the control of catastrophic and other significant risks. The strategies are based on evidence and risk.
The strategies encompass all the railways for which ORR is responsible under the Health and Safety (Enforcing Authority for Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems) Regulations 2006, i.e. heavy rail, light rail, metro systems, trams and heritage railways.
Further information on the background, purpose, origins of the topic strategies and how they relate to the ORR Corporate Strategy are in the Introduction document to the 2006/07 strategies which is a right hand related link. You can access the new introduction to the strategies and the specific strategy summaries from the links below.