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

To ask Her Majesty's Government who is responsible for setting and changing building regulations.

The Building Regulations 2010 (as amended) govern most building work (e.g. new builds, renovations, refurbishment and installation of controlled fittings and services) carried out in England. The Regulations provide minimum standards for building work and a system to assess the work. Section 14 of the Building Act 1984 provides that before making any building regulations containing substantive requirements, the Secretary of State shall consult the Building Regulations Advisory Committee [for England] and such other bodies as appear to him to be representative of the interests concerned. Establishing a new Building Safety Regulator is a key part of the building safety reforms; it will have oversight of the regulation and performance of all buildings, delivering specific interventions for buildings requiring enhanced safety measures.

The responsibility for building regulations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are a devolved matter.