questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the capacity of local authority Trading Standards services to proactively prevent rogue trading activity; and what steps he is taking to ensure those services have the (a) skills, (b) staffing, and (c) resources to intervene before consumer harm occurs in local communities.
answerText: Trading Standards are provided by local authorities who operate independently from central government, so local authorities make decisions according to their individual needs.The final 2026-27 Local Government Finance Settlement makes available £78 billio...
heading: Trading Standards