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Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that residents are protected from incorrectly completed EWS1 forms when trying to (a) sell, (b) remortgage and (c) purchase properti

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
30 Jan 2025
Answer
5 Feb 2025 · 8 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, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that residents are protected from incorrectly completed EWS1 forms when trying to (a) sell, (b) remortgage and (c) purchase properti

  2. 30 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    EWS1s are not a legal or regulatory requirement, and the Department does not intend to regulate their issuance. The use of EWS1s is a commercial decision by lenders and subject to their individual lending criteria.The absence of a correctly completed EWS1...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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