Flats: Safety

(asked on 23rd March 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of residential blocks below 11 metres with building safety faults in (a) the London Borough of Hounslow, (b) London and (c) England; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Lee Rowley Portrait
Lee Rowley
Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
This question was answered on 29th March 2023

I refer the Hon. Member to the answers I gave to Questions UIN 163922 and UIN 163923 on 21 March 2023. I also refer the Hon. Member to the oral statement on 14 March 2023 and to my oral answer on 27 March 2023 (Official Report, HC, Volume 730, Column 646).

The Government has retrospectively extended the limitation period under Section 1 of the Defective Premises Act 1972 enabling legal action against developers and contractors where works completed in the last 30 years made a dwelling not 'fit for habitation'. It also enables parties to bring civil claims against manufacturers of defective or mis-sold products or if there is a breach of regulations, where these products have caused or contributed to a dwelling being 'not fit for habitation'.

Any leaseholders concerned about works being proposed in their building can seek free information and advice from The Leasehold Advisory Service, funded by the department.

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