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date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	UK Consumer Product Recall Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress has been made by the Steering Group created as a result of the Government's response to the independent review by Lynn Faulds Wood, UK consumer product recall, published 18 February 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	5294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>In October 2016 the Steering Group was replaced by a new Working Group on Product Recalls and Safety with a permanent Chair, wider representation, and a broader remit. It was also asked to report to a much tighter timeframe than the Steering Group it replaced.</p><p>I received the Working Group’s initial recommendations to further improve the safety of white goods and the recall system in December 2016 and work started immediately to take these forward. In June this year, I asked the Working Group to review their report in light of the Grenfell Tower fire and their final report was published on 19<sup>th</sup> July.</p><p>Significant progress has already been made by the Working Group to develop a code of practice on corrective action and product recalls together with the British Standards Institution (BSI), and a public consultation will be published in the autumn. The Report also sets out the further work that is underway to strengthen the product safety framework including promoting the registration of appliances and better understanding consumer responses to safety information and recall communications.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/07/2017 16:41:46 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

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date	02/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	5294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>Section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 was used by HM Treasury on the following number of occasions in the last 5 years: 2011: 1.</p><p> </p><p>- Section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 was used by HM Treasury on the following numbers of occasions in each of the last 5 years: 2010: 2; 2011: 3; 2012: 1; 2013: 0; 2014: 1.</p><p> </p><p>- Sections 38(1)(a) and (b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 were used together on the following numbers of occasions in each of the last 5 years: 2013: 2.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No guidance has been issued to staff on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No.19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, about the application of section 38 of the Act. However, the Ministry of Justice has published its own guidance on the use of this exemption. This is available here: <a title="http://www.justice.gov.uk/information-access-rights/foi-guidance-for-practitioners/exemptions-guidance" href="http://www.justice.gov.uk/information-access-rights/foi-guidance-for-practitioners/exemptions-guidance" target="_blank">http://www.justice.gov.uk/information-access-rights/foi-guidance-for-practitioners/exemptions-guidance</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 5315 5336 question first answered 10/07/2015 12:47:10 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant