Margaret Mullane MP: written questions

Written questions

• High Rise Flats: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33764More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring that both staircases in new residential buildings over 18 metres function as fire-fighting stai

  Answer: In the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the UK government took significant steps to enhance fire safety in new residential buildings including increased provisions of sprinkler systems, and the ban on combustible materials in external walls.Follow...

  Answered 5 Mar 2025

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• Tools: TheftHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32312More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) help prevent and (b) support the victims of tool theft.

  Answer: We recognise the negative impact theft has on victims who rely on the tools of their trade to earn a living.We are continuing to work with the police-led National Business Crime Centre and industry via the Combined Industries Theft Solutions forum to expl...

  Answered 3 Mar 2025

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• Business Premises: Change of UseMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18804More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the quality of new residential units that were converted from commercial buildings through permitted development rights.

  Answer: The government acknowledge the concerns that exist about the quality of residential units created through permitted development rights, particularly office-to-residential conversions. We will continue to keep permitted development rights under review.

  Answered 12 Dec 2024

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• Leasehold: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18022More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure (a) landlords and (b) management companies are held accountable for safety defects in leasehold properties.

  Answer: Regulators – local authorities, fire and rescue authorities and the Building Safety Regulator – have powers to compel landlords and other responsible persons to remediate their unsafe buildings. Where necessary, regulators have powers to prosecute those w...

  Answered 9 Dec 2024

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• Social Rented Housing: Dagenham and RainhamMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15151More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress her Department has made on increasing the number of social housing available in Dagenham and Rainham constituency.

  Answer: I refer my Hon Friend to my answer to Question UIN 11383 on 31 October 2024.

  Answered 2 Dec 2024

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