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Buildings: Fire Prevention

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 12 May 2025UIN 49395

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to introduce a formal mechanism to remove non-qualifying lease status after confirmation by a professional fire engineer assessment that no further remediation work is required.

Answered by Alex Norris

As expressed at a recent Select Committee session the department is looking very closely at what can be done to sunset the “in perpetuity” status of leases which do not qualify for the leaseholder protections.

This can be found at Oral evidence: Grenfell and Building Safety (1 April 2025, Q55 https://committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/15662/pdf/).

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