Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 7 September 2017 to Question 7517, what her policy is on (a) suppliers of substances listed in Part 3 of Schedule 1A to the Poisons Act 1972 being required to report a relevant transaction only if they have reasonable grounds to suspect that it is intended for the illicit manufacture of explosives and (b) suppliers of such substances being required to additionally report a relevant transaction if they have reasonable grounds to suspect that it is intended for other illicit uses.

The Poisons Act 1972 places a legal requirement on retailers of all substances listed under Schedule 1A to report any suspicious transactions, loss or thefts to the Anti-Terrorist hotline on 0800 789321 or Chemical.Reporting@Met.Police.UK

In addition to this, there is a range of guidance available to retailers of these substances on https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hazardous-sites-and-substances#epp-licensing:-guidance-for-businesses