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Building Safety Regulator

Asked by Max WilkinsonLiberal DemocratMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 25 March 2026UIN 121438

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department holds information on the proportion of cases to the building safety regulator that (i) currently and (ii) historically require an extension before being assessed.

Answered by Samantha Dixon

Building Safety Regulator officials have provided the below data:

  1. 66.4% of Live Gateway 2 applications have an extension in place (867 of 1,305)
  2. 41.7% of closed Gateway 2 applications had an extension (1,374 of 3,286)
  3. 48.7% of all Gateway 2 applications have/had an extension (2,238 of 4,591)

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