Question follow-through · 64141

Trading Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that services provided through the Buy with Confidence Scheme complete satisfactory work.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
1 Jul 2025
Target answer date
3 Jul 2025
Answer
9 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that services provided through the Buy with Confidence Scheme complete satisfactory work.

  2. 3 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Buy With Confidence scheme is run solely by local authority Trading Standards departments.Local authorities across England, Scotland and Wales operate independently from central government and are responsible for the provision of Trading Standards ser...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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