Recommendation 14

Responding to the key challenges the regulatory system faces requires collaboration with other government departments. For example, the Department told us of its engagement with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport regarding cyber- security threats in products that contain software. It also noted that it is working with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to mitigate resource constraints experienced by local Trading Standards services. It hopes this work will help government to better prioritise local regulatory services’ time and resource.25