Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has a policy of replacing fire alarms every few years in its properties.

The facilities management services in buildings managed directly by MHCLG, including maintenance of the fire alarms, are outsourced under facilities management contracts.

The fire alarms are maintained by suppliers in a way which ensures that they are effective as means of warning. They replace them when there is a need to do so or at the end of their effective working life.