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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department collects on product recalls and corresponding safety actions.

Businesses have a legal duty to notify their market surveillance authority where they have identified a safety issue with a product they have placed on the market and taken an action. In 2019, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) launched the UK’s Product Safety Database which allows national and local authorities to notify unsafe products identified by businesses, in addition to other enforcement actions they have taken. Notifications include information on the product, its supply chain, the risks presented by the technical fault and the corrective action taken to reduce the risk to consumers. The database allows authorities to access and exchange data securely and effectively to ensure swift and appropriate action can be taken to protect consumers. In addition, OPSS publishes alerts on GOV.UK about unsafe products and recalls using information from the database.