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OPSS product safety and consumers: Wave 7

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This tracker seeks to build on a body of existing research and evidence in this area, including the Consumer Attitudes to Product Safety study. It aims to benchmark and measure various key objectives of OPSS as well as filling evidence gaps for various policy topics.

Key objectives of this research include:

  • to understand and monitor consumers’ awareness and attitudes to a range of product safety issues
  • to gain new attitudinal insight on OPSS policy areas
  • to increase understanding of vulnerabilities and vulnerable groups

To support these objectives, OPSS commissioned YouGov to understand and monitor consumers’ awareness and attitudes of product safety, their attitudes towards the product safety regulatory system, and understanding of different organisations concerned with product safety.

This report presents the findings from the 7th wave of tracking, including comparisons against the previous waves where applicable. The report also includes an exploration of key topical policy areas including fireworks, cybersecurity, electric vehicle charging and product repairs.

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Published 2 July 2025

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