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Kevin David John BRANTON and 4 others · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 7 Dec 2020•Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

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Concerns
2

Raised in this report

Recipients
2

Named on the report

Responses found
1

Of 2 recipients

Stated actions
8

Described in responses

Recipients and published responses

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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised2

  1. Lack of a national or central database for gas appliance manufacture, supply and fitting details
  2. Lack of mandatory recording of gas appliance manufacture, supply and fitting
Responses linked to these concerns

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Actions described in response An action is something a recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to a concern raised.3

  1. Action

    Commission research on consumer engagement with product safety and product registration to support corrective actions and recalls.

    Stated by Department for Business, Energy & Industrial StrategyStated completedThe respondent said that this action was complete when they made their response on 5 January 2021.
  2. Action

    Publish an Incident Management Plan and establish a national Product Safety Database for managing and sharing unsafe-product information.

    Stated by Department for Business, Energy & Industrial StrategyStated completedThe respondent said that this action was complete when they made their response on 5 January 2021.
  3. Action

    Engage manufacturers, retailers, consumer groups and government bodies to consider rapid communication options for locating potentially dangerous appliances.

    Stated by Department for Business, Energy & Industrial StrategyStated plannedThe respondent said that this action was planned when they made their response on 5 January 2021.

Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. Response links show a clear evidence connection; they do not assign responsibility.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Lack of a national or central database for gas appliance manufacture, supply and fitting details

Wider context from the report

“(1) That there is no national or central database which contains details of gas appliances manufactured, supplied or fitted to homes in the UK which would allow rapid identification and tracing of potentially dangerous items. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

No recurring-concern membership is currently published.

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How this individual concern was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. Response links show a clear evidence connection; they do not assign responsibility.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Lack of mandatory recording of gas appliance manufacture, supply and fitting

Wider context from the report

“(2) That communication between manufacturers, suppliers, wholesalers, fitters and householders in connection with the supply etc of gas appliances is hindered by the lack of mandatory recording of the said manufacture, supply and fitting of such appliances. (3) That the lack of a mandatory scheme for recording the supply etc of such items means that it is difficult and time consuming to trace potentially dangerous items when urgency is of the utmost importance. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

No recurring-concern membership is currently published.

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How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Commission research on consumer engagement with product safety and product registration to support corrective actions and recalls.

Verbatim wording from the response

“OPSS has also developed a Strategic Research Programme to commission and assure high quality strategic science-based research to strengthen the evidence base for enforcement. In particular, OPSS has commissioned research to understand how consumers engage with the safety of the products they purchase and into how to encourage greater registration of products to facilitate corrective actions and recalls. I have asked OPSS to specifically to assess whether there is more we can do to research consumer behaviour in relation to safety in the gas appliance sector.”

Source location

2020-0274-Response-from-MP-BEIS-Redacted
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Published 5 January 2021

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Publish an Incident Management Plan and establish a national Product Safety Database for managing and sharing unsafe-product information.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In 2018 the Government created the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) as a new national regulator for product safety. Since then, OPSS has taken significant steps to ensure the UK product safety system is one of the most robust in the world. This has included creating a new national capacity including technical and scientific advisors and experts in intelligence, enforcement and product recalls and publication of an Incident Management Plan and a new national Product Safety Database.”

Source location

2020-0274-Response-from-MP-BEIS-Redacted
Page 1 · response
Published 5 January 2021

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Engage manufacturers, retailers, consumer groups and government bodies to consider rapid communication options for locating potentially dangerous appliances.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In response to your report, I have asked OPSS officials to engage with manufacturers, retailers and consumer groups, and relevant bodies in Government to consider the concerns you have raised, including the options for effective and rapid communication between manufacturers, suppliers and owners to locate potentially dangerous appliances, should a design fault be identified. I have asked them to discuss your report, subject to your agreement, with members of the Cross-Government Working Group on Gas Safety and Carbon Monoxide in order to develop an action plan to address your concerns. To inform these considerations, I have asked OPSS to draw on an analysis of the gas appliances market, assess consumer trends towards purchase and advise on whether further areas of research are needed to help identify and change consumer behaviour towards greater gas safety.”

Source location

2020-0274-Response-from-MP-BEIS-Redacted
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Published 5 January 2021

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Other statements in published responses

These actions and other statements could not be clearly connected to one concern in this report.

Recipient-stated actions An action is something a recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to a concern raised.5

  1. 1

    Analyse the gas-appliance market and consumer purchasing trends to advise whether further research could improve gas-safety behaviour.

    Stated by Department for Business, Energy & Industrial StrategyStated plannedThe respondent said that this action was planned when they made their response on 5 January 2021.
  2. 2

    Discuss the report with the Cross-Government Working Group on Gas Safety and Carbon Monoxide to develop an action plan addressing the concerns.

    Stated by Department for Business, Energy & Industrial StrategyStated plannedThe respondent said that this action was planned when they made their response on 5 January 2021.
  3. 3

    Create national product-safety capacity with technical, scientific, intelligence, enforcement and product-recall expertise.

    Stated by Department for Business, Energy & Industrial StrategyStated completedThe respondent said that this action was complete when they made their response on 5 January 2021.
  4. 4

    Amend the gas-cooker manufacturing standard to require an explicit closed-door test.

    Stated by Department for Business, Energy & Industrial StrategyStated completedThe respondent said that this action was complete when they made their response on 5 January 2021.
  5. 5

    Assess whether further research is needed on consumer behaviour and safety in the gas-appliance sector.

    Stated by Department for Business, Energy & Industrial StrategyStated plannedThe respondent said that this action was planned when they made their response on 5 January 2021.

Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Analyse the gas-appliance market and consumer purchasing trends to advise whether further research could improve gas-safety behaviour.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In response to your report, I have asked OPSS officials to engage with manufacturers, retailers and consumer groups, and relevant bodies in Government to consider the concerns you have raised, including the options for effective and rapid communication between manufacturers, suppliers and owners to locate potentially dangerous appliances, should a design fault be identified. I have asked them to discuss your report, subject to your agreement, with members of the Cross-Government Working Group on Gas Safety and Carbon Monoxide in order to develop an action plan to address your concerns. To inform these considerations, I have asked OPSS to draw on an analysis of the gas appliances market, assess consumer trends towards purchase and advise on whether further areas of research are needed to help identify and change consumer behaviour towards greater gas safety.”

Source location

2020-0274-Response-from-MP-BEIS-Redacted
Page 2 · response
Published 5 January 2021

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Discuss the report with the Cross-Government Working Group on Gas Safety and Carbon Monoxide to develop an action plan addressing the concerns.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In response to your report, I have asked OPSS officials to engage with manufacturers, retailers and consumer groups, and relevant bodies in Government to consider the concerns you have raised, including the options for effective and rapid communication between manufacturers, suppliers and owners to locate potentially dangerous appliances, should a design fault be identified. I have asked them to discuss your report, subject to your agreement, with members of the Cross-Government Working Group on Gas Safety and Carbon Monoxide in order to develop an action plan to address your concerns. To inform these considerations, I have asked OPSS to draw on an analysis of the gas appliances market, assess consumer trends towards purchase and advise on whether further areas of research are needed to help identify and change consumer behaviour towards greater gas safety.”

Source location

2020-0274-Response-from-MP-BEIS-Redacted
Page 2 · response
Published 5 January 2021

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Create national product-safety capacity with technical, scientific, intelligence, enforcement and product-recall expertise.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In 2018 the Government created the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) as a new national regulator for product safety. Since then, OPSS has taken significant steps to ensure the UK product safety system is one of the most robust in the world. This has included creating a new national capacity including technical and scientific advisors and experts in intelligence, enforcement and product recalls and publication of an Incident Management Plan and a new national Product Safety Database.”

Source location

2020-0274-Response-from-MP-BEIS-Redacted
Page 1 · response
Published 5 January 2021

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Amend the gas-cooker manufacturing standard to require an explicit closed-door test.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The Government is committed to ensuring that the UK has a product safety system that provides consumers with a high level of protection. This applies to the purchase of gas appliances as it does to all consumers products. I note that BEIS (the predecessor to BEIS at the time of these deaths) took the initiative quickly to work with the European Commission, Member States, and through the CEN standard making process, to amend the standard relevant to the manufacture of gas cookers to include explicitly a closed-door test. In addition, the 2016 Regulation on gas appliances and fittings places clear responsibilities on manufacturers to ensure their products meet essential health and safety requirements before they are placed on the market.”

Source location

2020-0274-Response-from-MP-BEIS-Redacted
Page 1 · response
Published 5 January 2021

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Assess whether further research is needed on consumer behaviour and safety in the gas-appliance sector.

Verbatim wording from the response

“OPSS has also developed a Strategic Research Programme to commission and assure high quality strategic science-based research to strengthen the evidence base for enforcement. In particular, OPSS has commissioned research to understand how consumers engage with the safety of the products they purchase and into how to encourage greater registration of products to facilitate corrective actions and recalls. I have asked OPSS to specifically to assess whether there is more we can do to research consumer behaviour in relation to safety in the gas appliance sector.”

Source location

2020-0274-Response-from-MP-BEIS-Redacted
Page 2 · response
Published 5 January 2021

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