Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2016 to Question 49797, on schools: electrical safety, if he will (a) issue guidance on and (b) bring forward proposals for regulation of the use of socket covers on BS1363 sockets; and if he will make a statement.

Under the General Product Safety Regulations 2005, all products placed on the UK market must be safe and any products that do not comply with those Regulations can already be removed from sale by Trading Standards.

We are not aware of any reports of injuries or death in the UK as a result of the use of socket covers and we have no plans to issue any guidance promoting or discouraging their use or to bring forward further regulation in this area.