Furniture: Fire Prevention
2026-05-28 · Department for Business and Trade · 4452 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reasons her Department is proposing a sector-specific UK testing framework for furniture fire safety rather than adopting a general product safety approach.
Answer
In its consultation, Product regulation: fire safety of domestic upholstered furniture, the Government has taken an evidence-based approach, informed by extensive stakeholder engagement and the best available fire safety data. We have proposed to retain b...