Question follow-through · 13271
Fire Extinguishers
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring the installation and retrofitting of sprinklers in (a) all buildings regularly used by vulnerable people and (b)
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 8 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 13 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 13 Nov 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring the installation and retrofitting of sprinklers in (a) all buildings regularly used by vulnerable people and (b)
13 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Nov 2024
Answer published
Building owners are required to ensure that existing care home buildings or warehouses have a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment. As part of this process, some owners may choose to retrofit sprinklers as part of their overall fire strategy, whil...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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