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date	03/06/2019
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	Tumble Dryers: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Whirlpool’s handling of its tumble dryer safety issue and concerns about its repair programme, what steps his Department is taking to help protect consumers from the fire risks of tumble dryers.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	259440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring the safety of consumers and I have personally been involved in issues related to Whirlpool tumble dryers since my appointment.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) was tasked with reviewing the effectiveness of Whirlpool’s technical modification and the adequacy of its consumer outreach Programme, and that review was published on 4th April.</p><p> </p><p>OPSS issued a Decision Letter setting out the requirements that Whirlpool must take to improve its management of risk and its communications with customers on 2nd April. Whirlpool were given 28 days to respond setting out the actions they will take.</p><p> </p><p>The General Product Safety Regulations 2005 provides powers to deal with goods to ensure the safety of consumers and OPSS will continue to take appropriate steps to hold Whirlpool to account and will continue to be actively engaged in respect of the Whirlpool tumble dryer safety issue.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/06/2019 15:57:48 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

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registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	Tumble Dryers: Safety
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 he has made on addressing concerns relating to tumble dryer safety; and what recent discussions he has had with manufacturers on that matter.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	8991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>The Working Group on Product Recalls and Safety that I set up last year to further improve the safety of white goods and the recalls system, made its final recommendations in July.</p><p>Actions are already underway to implement a number of the Group’s recommendations including tasking BSI (British Standards Institution) with making available a code of practice on recalls by the end of the year. We are also considering the framework for a national body to support consumers on product safety.</p><p>The Department is in regular contact with white goods manufacturers and AMDEA (the Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Appliances) were members of the Working Group on Product Recalls and Safety.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 15/09/2017 11:37:33 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

746949

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	Tumble Dryers: Safety
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 recent discussions he has had with Whirlpool on the safety of tumble dryers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	2102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>I recognise the efforts Whirlpool has made to rectify the safety issue which affected certain models of tumble dryers; with over 1.5 million appliances modified or replaced.</p><p> </p><p>However, I remain concerned that there are many unregistered appliances in use across the UK and my officials remain in close contact Whirlpool and Peterborough City Council Trading Standards to ensure the company contacts those consumers with an affected machine who have not yet signed up for a repair or replacement.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/07/2017 15:14:24 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris