Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South and South Bedfordshire)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current pricing of licenses for the all-year storage and sale of fireworks of up to 2,000kg in content, in the context of the cost of the license having not increased since 2004.
Answered by Kate Dearden - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
DBT has made no recent assessment as to the current pricing of licenses for storage and sale of fireworks. Section 7 (2) of the Fireworks Act 2003 contains the provision to set the fees for licensing of fireworks suppliers. Fees for fireworks storage is set by Regulations made under section 43(2) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
Building on the work of my predecessor, I will continue to engage with businesses, consumer groups and charities to gather evidence on fireworks-related issues and inform future action.