Written Question·Home Office·UIN 26732

High Rise Flats: Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans

Tabled: 27 January 2025

Answered: 4 February 2025

Question

Steve Darling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a legal right to Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans for disabled (a) tenants and (b) leaseholders in residential blocks who are unable to ind

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

The previous Government consulted on Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans, identifying concerns over their practicality, proportionality and safety.Following further consultation, Government has committed to introduce legislation later this year to mandate...

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