Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of current building regulations on the height at which buildings require more than one fire escape.

In April 2020, the Government published the workplan for the technical review of the statutory guidance to the Building Regulations with regards to fire safety (Approved Document B). This technical review includes research on the means of escape in blocks of flats. It will consider what escape route provisions are necessary to ensure residents are safe in the event of a fire and will provide a robust evidence base for us to make any policy decisions.

Details of the technical review are set out here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/877365/Technical_review_of_Approved_Document_B_workplan.pdf.