Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with stakeholders on introducing a national strategy to reduce electrical fires.

Home Office officials work closely with a range of stakeholders and other partners to put in place mitigation measures to reduce the incidence and impact of electrical fires. This includes includes the Department for Business, Enterprise and Industrial Strategy, who lead on product safety issues; Electrical Safety First, a charity dedicated to reducing accidents involving electrical appliances; the Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Electrical Appliances (AMDEA); and local fire and rescue authorities.