Question follow-through · 27048

Electricians: Certification

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of replacing the competent person schemes model for domestic electrical installation.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
28 Jan 2025
Target answer date
11 Feb 2025
Answer
11 Feb 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of replacing the competent person schemes model for domestic electrical installation.

  2. 11 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The Government takes electrical safety very seriously and the Building Regulations require work to homes’ fixed electrical systems to be carried out safely to protect people from fire and injury. Government-backed schemes exist to ensure domestic electric...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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