Question follow-through · 118052
High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to review the statutory height threshold for a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 13 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
- Heat Networks · 24 Mar 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
4 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to review the statutory height threshold for a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022.
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Mar 2026
Answer published
On 17 December 2025, the Department published the results of the Buildings Safety Regulator’s initial review of the definition of higher-risk buildings and its plans for an ongoing review. The initial review found that, at the time of publication, the cur...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Heat Networks
24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of building regulations in ensuring the quality, efficiency, and resilience of installed heat network systems.