Question follow-through · 10165
Housing: Lifts
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the review of Approved Document B on evacuation lifts on the level of housebuilding in (a) London and (b) England.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 16 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 22 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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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
16 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the review of Approved Document B on evacuation lifts on the level of housebuilding in (a) London and (b) England.
18 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jun 2026
Answer published
Analysis of proposals set out in the Approved Document B consultation indicate a low impact on housebuilding. Government’s analysis of 50 buildings at planning stage across England, both in and outside of London, shows the majority of new tall housing blo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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