Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to protect homes from the risk of unacceptably high levels of carbon monoxide.
The Government takes the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning in the home seriously and is taking steps to raise awareness of and tackle these risks. A summary of Government activities can be seen at www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/cross-government-group.htm.
We have introduced regulation where this is sensible and proportionate to do so. Our building regulations require the safe installation of heating appliances and our gas safety regulations require landlords to carry out annual gas safety checks. We are also reviewing regulations for carbon monoxide alarms and will set out our response to this review and the way forward alongside our response to the Social Housing Green Paper.