Asked by: Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative - Thirsk and Malton)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has has with the HSE on plans to provide guidance on the proportionality of building safety works necessary for buildings to be deemed safe in the context of his Department's Building Safety Programme; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) the time scale and (b) funding for producing that guidance in the context of prioritising people's safety.
Answered by Christopher Pincher
Ministers and officials from my department are in regular discussion with the Health and Safety Executive on matters relating to building safety, including the need for the market to behave in a more risk proportionate manner. The work outlined in the Written Ministerial Statement of 21 July is now underway and further details will be made available in due course.