Question follow-through · 122189
Fire and Rescue Services: Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Department has made any assessment of the link between the 1988 Furniture Regulations and the 323% elevated cancer rates among young firefighters cited in London Assembly's Exposure to fire
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 19 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 27 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Department has made any assessment of the link between the 1988 Furniture Regulations and the 323% elevated cancer rates among young firefighters cited in London Assembly's Exposure to fire
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Mar 2026
Answer published
Whilst the government is not aware of any evidence that directly links elevated cancer rates to the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 (the FFRs), we recognise that there is an increasing body of evidence to support action to reduc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Furniture: Fire Prevention
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Furniture: Fire Prevention
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reasons her Department is proposing a sector-specific UK testing framework for furniture fire safety rather than adopting a general product safety approach.
Furniture: Fire Prevention
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