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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to respond to the consultation on raising accessibility standards for new homes published on 8 September 2020.

Further to our consultation on how to raise accessible housing standards, we are considering responses and will publish a Government response setting out next steps

The evidence from this work will help Government consider what changes can be made, including reviewing and potentially tightening the regulatory framework to deliver accessible new homes and updates to statutory guidance.