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Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to communicate to mortgage lenders the Government's guidance that buildings under 11 metres in height do not require an EWS1 form.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
19 Mar 2026
Target answer date
23 Mar 2026
Answer
27 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to communicate to mortgage lenders the Government's guidance that buildings under 11 metres in height do not require an EWS1 form.

  2. 23 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Officials in my department have regular engagement with financial sector stakeholders. Lenders have been encouraged to move away from the use of EWS1 forms for buildings of all heights, and instead to rely on a Fire Risk Appraisal of External Walls (FRAEW...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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