Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the suitability of guidance on non-cladding relevant defects for defective fire doors.

Guidance sets out the legal duties of Responsible Persons to identify any fire precautions that are needed to ensure their building and people within it are safe. This is typically the building owner for residential buildings.

Guidance also sets out what constitutes a relevant defect (Definition of ‘relevant defect’ - GOV.UK). Whether a defective fire door meets this definition will depend on the specific circumstances of each case.

The Government published the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022: fire doors - GOV.UK guidance in January 2023, updated in August 2025, setting out how checks on fire doors be carried out. We consider the guidance to be suitable.