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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2020 to Question 18683, on Building Regulations: Fires, what the Government's timetable is for responding to the technical review of Approved Document B of the building regulations.

Following the call for evidence and the summary of responses published in December 2018, we will be responding shortly to the subsequent consultation on sprinklers, signage and evacuation alert systems.

We will also announce the next steps for other fire safety measures that were raised in the call for evidence on the technical review of Approved Document B.