Written question asked by Bob Blizzard (Labour) on Wednesday, 8 September 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 16 September 2004. It was answered by Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour) on Thursday, 16 September 2004 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what support she will give to local trading standards authorities seeking to protect the public from mass marketing scams.

Answer: Mr. Blizzard: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what support she will give to local trading standards authorities seeking to protect the public from mass marketing scams. [188450] Mr. Sutcliffe: We have provided funding to Trading Standards to support and encourage more joined up effective enforcement; the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has also assisted Trading Standards Departments by providing training to around 2,500 Trading Standards Officers over the past year. Most mass marketing scams operate from outside the UK. The OFT works with the network of enforcement agencies called ICPEN (International Consumer Protection Enforcement Network) to investigate and take action against cross-border scams.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 424 c1729-30W;424 c1727-8W; 188450
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Consumers Direct selling Fraud Protection Misrepresentation Marketing Regulation Unfair practices Sales methods Trading standards
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk