United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 97547
High Rise Flats: Fires
Introduced
5 December 2025
Last action
15 December 2025 · Answer
Status
Answered
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
15 December 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on practices for the safe evacuation of high rise buildings in the event of fire as building heights increase to over 70 stori
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
5 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on practices for the safe evacuation of high rise buildings in the event of fire as building heights increase to over 70 stori
Source: Commons
15 December 2025
Answer
Responsibility for fire safety building regulations and evacuation both now sit within MHCLG policy responsibilities. All new building work must meet the functional requirements of Building Regulations, including a means of warning and escape in case of f...
Source: Written answer
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
No documents linked.
Sponsors
- · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Answering body
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-05/97547
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1861060
- uk · wq-1861060 · source updated 15 December 2025