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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding was allocated to the Office for Product Safety and Standards; and how many staff were employed in that organisation in each of the last five years.

This information can be derived from the BEIS Main and Supplementary Supply Estimates and the BEIS Annual Report and Accounts which are publicly available at the following:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-main-estimates

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018

The OPSS was formed in January 2018 and its funding up to 31 March 2018 is not separately identifiable.