Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the number of counterfeit electrical goods that are sold in the UK.

The Government has not made an assessment of the number of counterfeit electrical products product being sold in the UK. However, the IP Crime Group which is comprised of representatives from private sector, law enforcement agencies and government departments publishes an annual report into IP crime in the UK. The Crime Report contains a survey of Trading Standards departments and they report that in 2013/14 electrical items were the sixth most investigated product.

IP Crime Report - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-ip-crime-report-2013-to-2014