Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 98861

Fireworks: Sales

Tabled: 10 December 2025

Answered: 15 December 2025

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Question

Rachel Hopkins

Labour — Luton South and South Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current pricing of licenses for the all-year storage and sale of fireworks of up to 2,000kg in content, in the context of the cost of the license havi

Answer

Kate Dearden

DBT has made no recent assessment as to the current pricing of licenses for storage and sale of fireworks. Section 7 (2) of the Fireworks Act 2003 contains the provision to set the fees for licensing of fireworks suppliers. Fees for fireworks storage is s...

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