Question follow-through · 13458
Employment: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Government's fire safety in the workplace guidance; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating this guidance.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 11 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 13 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 19 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Government's fire safety in the workplace guidance; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating this guidance.
13 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Nov 2024
Answer published
Article 50 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (FSO) places a legal duty on the Secretary of State to ensure that such guidance, as she considers appropriate, is available to assist Responsible Persons in the discharge of the duties imposed ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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