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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken as a result of the consultation on the technical review of Approved Document B of the building regulations.

In April 2020, the Government published the workplan for the technical review of Approved Document B. We are commissioning the research for this fundamental review which will address a number of key fire safety issues. We have now commissioned 9 research projects including means of escape for disabled people, specialised housing and care homes, smoke toxicity and trigger thresholds.