Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many companies were prosecuted for selling imported goods that did not meet UK safety standards in each of the last five years.

The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) funds enforcement at the border to prevent millions of unsafe goods entering the UK and reaching consumers. In 2021-22, OPSS-funded local authority teams denied entry to around 2.5 million unsafe or non-compliant products.

OPSS publishes details of all enforcement actions it has taken on gov.uk every six months, including prosecutions.

Local Authority Trading Standards also have powers to undertake prosecutions for product safety offences.