Written question asked by Countess of Mar (Crossbench) on Wednesday, 22 May 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 6 June 2019. It was answered by Lord Henley (Conservative) on Wednesday, 5 June 2019 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Furniture: Fire Resistant Materials
- Question
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To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Office for Product Safety and Standards has spent on testing for compliance using the match test under the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 since its formation; how many fabrics have failed the test; and how many have passed.
- Answer
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The Office for Product Safety and Standards allocated £500k in 2018/19 for local authority trading standards to fund the testing of products that were manufactured or imported into their local authority area.
Test reports are currently being collated and the data analysed to establish the total numbers of samples tested, the product safety legislation that has been tested to and the level of non-compliance. The results of this analysis are expected in the summer and will be published in due course.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- HL15926
- Session
- 2017-19
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Expenditure Furniture Testing Fire resistant materials Office for Product Safety and Standards
- Legislation
- Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
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- 2019-06-05 18:03:28 +0100
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