Housing: Safety

(asked on 8th February 2023) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason the cost of (a) waking watches, (b) alarm upgrades and (c) other interim safety measures were not included in developers' obligations in the Developer Remediation Contract published on 30 January 2023.


Answered by
Lee Rowley Portrait
Lee Rowley
Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
This question was answered on 23rd February 2023

The Developer Remediation Contract was designed to ensure that developers address life-critical fire-safety defects arising from the design and/or construction of buildings as quickly as possible, so that residents are safe in their homes.

The Government has made over £60m available to replace costly waking watch measures with common fire alarm systems, under the Waking Watch Replacement Fund. The funding has been used to install alarms in over 300 buildings to date.

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