2026 consultation record

Verified facts, sources and dated updates

This page does not state a Firework Pet Alert policy position or recommend how anyone should respond. Current public material is limited to the official proposals, source links and dated developments.

Information checked 8 September 2026

Status at 8 September 2026

The government consultation remains open

It opened on 16 July 2026 and closes at 11:59pm on Wednesday 7 October 2026.
The official page still lists ten consultation questions.
No government response, final consumer-noise threshold or new law has been published.
After the consultation closes, the government says it will analyse responses and publish a summary and proposed actions. Regulatory changes would require parliamentary approval.

Read the official GOV.UK consultation.

What is being considered

Three main areas

Consumer-firework noise: Lowering the maximum for consumer F1, F2 and F3 fireworks from 120 to 110 dB (A,imp), while also seeking evidence about 100 and 90 dB options.
Product restrictions: Adding certain F2 or F3 products to the regulation 33 restricted list and making the existing shot-tube wording explicit.
Lower-risk products: Reviewing F1 and P1 requirements, including the purchase age restriction for Christmas crackers.

The consultation does not itself make these proposals law and does not propose a national firework notification system.

Source tracking

Full questions and timeline

The UK Fireworks Consultation 2026 hub reproduces the ten questions, explains the published proposals and records dated developments with links to their sources.

Stakeholder statements are attributed to the organisations that published them. Their inclusion records a public development and does not imply endorsement by or of Firework Pet Alert.

Corrections

Keep the factual record accurate

The official GOV.UK page is the authoritative source for the consultation’s status and material. Corrections to Firework Pet Alert’s factual summary can be sent through the feedback form.