Question follow-through · 96928
Buildings: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of trends in the number of building assessment certificate application refusals on the lending, mortgage and insur
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 3 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 8 Dec 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
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- Landlords: Accountability · 23 Feb 2026
- New Homes Ombudsman · 13 May 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
3 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of trends in the number of building assessment certificate application refusals on the lending, mortgage and insur
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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8 Dec 2025
Answer published
From 16 January 2024, the Building Safety Act introduced a requirement for Principal Accountable Persons to assess and manage the safety risks relating to the buildings for which they are responsible. Building safety risks are defined in the Act as being ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Local Government: Reorganisation
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to bring forward legislative changes to strengthen local enforcement powers before the introduction of unitary local government arrangements.
Trading Standards
6 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing councils to take more rapid action to shut down shops repeatedly found to be trading illegally.
Public Houses: Rural Areas
23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the role of pubs as community hubs in rural areas.
Landlords: Accountability
23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure landlord and property rules to hold directors owners accountable.
New Homes Ombudsman
13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make membership of a New Homes Ombudsman mandatory for housing developers.