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Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products

• Units of measurement

  You must use metric measurements (grams, kilograms, millilitres or litres)…

• Specified quantities

  Some goods must be sold in fixed sizes known as ‘specified quantities’.…

• Packaged goods

  Packaged goods are products that are all of these: sold sealed between 5g…

• Equipment and records

  Equipment for packaged goods The equipment you use to weigh or measure…

• Labelling packaged goods

  You must put the weight or volume of your packaged goods on the label. The…

• Updated: 22 May 2024

This series brings together all documents relating to Arms Length Bodies’ statistics

• Updated: 22 February 2013

These reports explain our assessment of the scientific evidence used to lead to regulatory decisions on the safety of medicines or medicines classes.

• Updated: 12 March 2025

This series brings together all documents relating to DCMS arm’s length bodies’ funding allocation letters

• Updated: 20 December 2013

Driving licence categories - entitlements on your licence and what vehicles you can drive - cars, motorcycles, mopeds, medium and large lorries, minibuses and buses.

This series brings together all documents relating to Spending information for DCLG's arms-length bodies

• Updated: 30 September 2010

This report establishes a new robust estimate of the size of the lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) population of England.

• Updated: 1 February 2017

• Updated: 5 December 2023

Find data and analysis from Census 2021 and earlier censuses.

• Updated: 21 December 2017