Buildings: Safety

(asked on 15th May 2025) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many completion certificate applications the Building Safety Regulator received in each month between October 2023 and April 2025 under regulation 40 of the Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (England) Regulations 2023.


Answered by
Alex Norris Portrait
Alex Norris
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
This question was answered on 11th June 2025

The Department and the Building Safety Regulator recognise the value to the sector in providing performance data. The BSR will shortly be publishing quarterly data demonstrating the volumes of applications received, recorded outcomes and decision times for determination.

Table 1 shows:

  • Number of completion certificate applications to the Building Safety Regulator that were withdrawn at the applicants request between October 2023 and April 2025
  • Total number of completion certificate applications received by the Building Safety Regulator between October 2023 and April 2025

Table 2 shows:

  • Number of emergency repair notices received by the Building Safety Regulator between October 2023 and April 2025

Table 1: Completion Certificates

Year / month

Withdrawn

Total received

2023

0

0

October

0

0

November

0

0

December

0

0

2024

0

40

January

0

0

February

0

0

March

0

0

April

0

1

May

0

0

June

0

4

July

0

4

August

0

3

September

0

5

October

0

6

November

0

5

December

0

12

2025

0

44

January

0

8

February

0

12

March

0

13

April

0

11

Total

o

84

Table 2: Emergency Repair Notices

Year / Month

Emergency Repair Notices

2023

0

October

0

November

0

December

0

2024

71

January

0

February

2

March

0

April

2

May

2

June

5

July

5

August

9

September

7

October

15

November

12

December

12

2025

79

January

36

February

16

March

11

April

16

Total

150

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