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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure an effective and rapid implementation of the Operational Standards Rules for building control authorities published by the Health and Safety Executives and commencing in May 2024.

Following the Building Safety Act 2022, responsibility for the implementation of the Operational Standards Rules for building control authorities sits with the Building Safety Regulator in the Health and Safety Executive. The Building Safety Regulator has published the Operational Standards Rules as well as their monitoring arrangements in April 2023. These will be effective from Spring 2024, to coincide with wider changes to the regulation and oversight of the building control profession. The Department continues to work closely with the Building Safety Regulator, CICIAR and the wider sector to ensure a smooth implementation of the new oversight regime.