Question follow-through · 85615
Empty Property: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he is taking steps to ensure that site freeholders are financially responsible for fighting fires within derelict buildings.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 27 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 5 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he is taking steps to ensure that site freeholders are financially responsible for fighting fires within derelict buildings.
30 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Nov 2025
Answer published
Owners of derelict buildings have obligations in respect of fire safety measures. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, as amended by Section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022, the “Responsible Person” (usually the owner or person in con...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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