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From Office for Product Safety and Standards
  • OPSS’s areas of research interest (ARI) summarise the areas in which the department would like to receive evidence from the external research community.

  • An independent study on developing options for assessing compliance with the Electric Vehicles (Smart Charge Points) Regulations 2021.

  • An independent research report.

  • A comprehensive overview of the analysis conducted to develop an OPSS Benefit Cost Ratio to showcase the economic value of OPSS activities.

  • A report on the development of an economic model to estimate consumer and business detriment caused by unsafe and non-compliant products on the UK market.

  • Results from the OPSS Product Safety Testing Sampling Protocol Programme for April 2020 to March 2025.

  • A research report on the evaluation of data from a pilot study into the feasibility of collecting accident data from the NHS relating to consumer products.

  • An ASEAN-UK Economic Integration Programme research report.

  • An independent research report.

  • An independent research report.

  • A literature review.

  • An independent research report.

  • Local Weights and Measures Authority reports and returns on enforcement work over a 12 month period.

  • An independent research report exploring the experiences of non-specialists in relation to construction products purchasing and use.

  • An independent research report.

  • These statistical releases set out high level findings from the PSD incorporating product safety and non-compliance notifications from regulators.

  • An independent research report.

  • An independent research report.

  • This report presents statistics on fires in e-bikes and e-scooters and related products using information reported to OPSS.

  • An independent research report.