Question follow-through · 21098
Building Inspectors
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the (a) resourcing and (b) powers of Local Authority building inspectors.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 8 Jan 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the (a) resourcing and (b) powers of Local Authority building inspectors.
8 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) registers and sets competency standards for all building inspectors. As part of that work, it is clear that there are capacity issues across the sector. We have invested £16.5 million to support capacity building in loc...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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