Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Freeport EastMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to extend the boundary of Freeport East.
Answer: The boundaries of Freeport tax sites are defined in law. They were agreed, after careful deliberation, by the Government and local Freeport partners, including the relevant local authorities. The Government currently has no plans to amend the boundaries o...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: Health and SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to University of Central Lancashire's report entitled Minimising firefighters’ exposure to toxic fire effluents, published in November 2020, what steps she is taki
Answer: The University of Central Lancashire’s report was helpful in highlighting this particular issue. This must be considered alongside other relevant academic research and study in this area.We are continuing to review the evidence around risks to firefighter...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordShared Ownership SchemesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to review provisions within the Building Safety Act 2022 on removing the leasehold protection provisions for shared ownership leaseholders who staircase to 100%
Answer: The Building Safety Act ensures that those who built defective buildings take responsibility for remedying them, that the industry contributes to fixing the problem, and that leaseholders are protected in law from crippling bills for historical safety def...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the full tranching model from the Building Safety Regulator setting out the approach to be taken for calling in applications for building assessment certifica
Answer: The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) advised the Department on 26 March 2025 that: (a) 1454 directions have been issued(b) 1368 BAC applications have been submitted(c) 12 Building Assessment Certificates have been issued(d) 1 application has been refused ...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBuilding RegulationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40842More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to review it's guidance on competent person schemes: conditions of authorisation.
Answer: The Building Safety Regulator is responsible for oversight of the competent person schemes and has committed in its Strategic Plan 2023-2026 to carry out a review of the conditions of authorisation, which must be met by all competent person schemes to en...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBuilding RegulationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to review the types of building work that can be undertaken through (a) competent person schemes and (b) third party certification schemes.
Answer: The Building Safety Regulator is responsible for oversight of the competent person schemes and has committed in its Strategic Plan 2023-2026 to carry out a review of the conditions of authorisation, which must be met by all competent person schemes to en...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBuilding RegulationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to review authorised competent person schemes providers.
Answer: The Building Safety Regulator is responsible for oversight of the competent person schemes and has committed in its Strategic Plan 2023-2026 to carry out a review of the conditions of authorisation, which must be met by all competent person schemes to en...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of the average time taken to receive building control decisions on applications to carry out works on higher risk buildings o
Answer: Our priority with the new regime is to ensure buildings are safe and decent. The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has 12 weeks to determine a building control approval application for new higher-risk buildings and 8 weeks to determine the applications for ...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many (a) directions to apply for a building assessment certificate have been issued, (b) applications for a building assessment certificate had been received, (c) building sa
Answer: The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) advised the Department on 26 March 2025 that: (a) 1454 directions have been issued(b) 1368 BAC applications have been submitted(c) 12 Building Assessment Certificates have been issued(d) 1 application has been refused ...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the time spent by the Building Safety Regulator to (a) determine and (b) issue a decision on an application for a
Answer: The Building Safety Act 2022 (“the Act”) requires the Principal Accountable Person to apply for a Building Assessment Certificate when directed to do so by the Building Safety Regulator (BSR). Under the Act, accountable persons may pass on costs they incu...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish (a) the assessment criteria and (b) other relevant documentation used by the Building Safety Regulator when determining decisions for building assessment cert
Answer: The Building Safety Regulator is required by Section 81(2) of the Building Safety Act 2022 to assess applications for a building assessment certificate received from principal accountable persons. The Regulator has developed criteria for assessors to use ...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBuildings: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Building Safety Regulator takes to ensure a (a) consistent and (b) transparent approach in determining decisions for building assessment certificate applications.
Answer: The Building Safety Regulator is required by Section 81(2) of the Building Safety Act 2022 to assess applications for a building assessment certificate received from principal accountable persons. The Regulator has developed criteria for assessors to use ...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBuildings: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many completion certificate applications for (a) higher-risk building work, (b) a stage of higher-risk work and (c) building work to an existing higher-risk building had been
Answer: The new regulatory approach for building control on higher-risk buildings puts the onus on applicants to demonstrate how they will comply with the Building Regulations. This is a fundamental shift in the approach to building control and regulation, ensuri...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBuildings: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many applications for building work to an existing higher-risk building had been received by the Building Safety Regulator by 30 June 2024; and how many (a) of those applicat
Answer: The new regulatory approach for building control on higher-risk buildings puts the onus on applicants to demonstrate how they will comply with the Building Regulations. This is a fundamental shift in the approach to building control and regulation, ensuri...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBuildings: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many applications for (a) higher-risk building work and (b) a stage of higher-risk building work had been received by the Building Safety Regulator by 30 June 2024; and how m
Answer: The new regulatory approach for building control on higher-risk buildings puts the onus on applicants to demonstrate how they will comply with the Building Regulations. This is a fundamental shift in the approach to building control and regulation, ensuri...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBuildings: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many building assessment certificate applications had been received by the Building Safety Regulator by 30 June 2024; and how many building safety certificates have been (a)
Answer: The new regulatory approach for building control on higher-risk buildings puts the onus on applicants to demonstrate how they will comply with the Building Regulations. This is a fundamental shift in the approach to building control and regulation, ensuri...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
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