Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many times the Nation House Building Council has signed off on a property that has subsequently been found not fit for habitation.
The information requested is not collected by the Government.
The new Building Safety Regulator has a duty to keep the safety and standard of buildings under review and to facilitate improvement in the competence of industry and building inspectors. As such they are considering the information they require from building control bodies. Further details will be set out in due course.