Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 101292

Electrical Safety: Prosecutions

Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 7 January 2026

Question

Sonia Kumar

LabourDudley

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many prosecutions have been brought under Part P of the Building Regulations in England and Wales in each year since their introduction in 2005; and if the Department will pu

Answer

Samantha Dixon
Neither the Department, nor the Ministry of Justice, hold information on enforcement action broken down by which part of the building regulations was breached. Local authority building control teams have powers that enable them to intervene where it is fo...

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