Asked by: Janet Daby (Labour - Lewisham East)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an estimate of how many lithium-ion batteries used in e-bikes and e-scooters have been found to be unsafe and removed from the market in the last 12 months.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is part of the Department for Business and Trade and Ministers are actively engaged on this important safety issue. Just last month I wrote to major online food delivery businesses to highlight the Fire England guidance on safe charging of e-bikes and e-scooters. OPSS is part of cross Government activities to understand the root cause of fires related to Lithium-ion batteries so they, in conjunction with local authority enforcement teams, can take the action necessary to help ensure safety.
OPSS works closely with Local Authority Trading Standards on this and other product safety issues, including through a co-ordinated system of product safety checks at the border. Details of safety alerts and recalls of unsafe and non-compliant products are published on gov.uk. OPSS has published details of ten separate product recalls and nine other enforcement actions relating to unsafe or non-compliant e-bikes or e-scooters since March last year.
Asked by: Janet Daby (Labour - Lewisham East)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with local authority trading standards departments on the safety of lithium-ion batteries in (a) e-bikes and (b) e-scooters.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is part of the Department for Business and Trade and Ministers are actively engaged on this important safety issue. Just last month I wrote to major online food delivery businesses to highlight the Fire England guidance on safe charging of e-bikes and e-scooters. OPSS is part of cross Government activities to understand the root cause of fires related to Lithium-ion batteries so they, in conjunction with local authority enforcement teams, can take the action necessary to help ensure safety.
OPSS works closely with Local Authority Trading Standards on this and other product safety issues, including through a co-ordinated system of product safety checks at the border. Details of safety alerts and recalls of unsafe and non-compliant products are published on gov.uk. OPSS has published details of ten separate product recalls and nine other enforcement actions relating to unsafe or non-compliant e-bikes or e-scooters since March last year.
Asked by: Janet Daby (Labour - Lewisham East)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had recent discussions with the Office for Product Safety and Standards on lithium-ion batteries in e-bikes and e-scooters.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is part of the Department for Business and Trade and Ministers are actively engaged on this important safety issue. Just last month I wrote to major online food delivery businesses to highlight the Fire England guidance on safe charging of e-bikes and e-scooters. OPSS is part of cross Government activities to understand the root cause of fires related to Lithium-ion batteries so they, in conjunction with local authority enforcement teams, can take the action necessary to help ensure safety.
OPSS works closely with Local Authority Trading Standards on this and other product safety issues, including through a co-ordinated system of product safety checks at the border. Details of safety alerts and recalls of unsafe and non-compliant products are published on gov.uk. OPSS has published details of ten separate product recalls and nine other enforcement actions relating to unsafe or non-compliant e-bikes or e-scooters since March last year.
Asked by: Janet Daby (Labour - Lewisham East)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to respond to correspondence of 4 October 2022 from the hon. Member for Lewisham East, case reference JD30155.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
This correspondence was replied to on 19th April 2023.