Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 81039

Social Rented Housing: Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 24 October 2025

Question

Ben Coleman

LabourChelsea and Fulham

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that all disabled people in social housing have personal emergency evacuation plans.

Answer

Samantha Dixon
We are committed to improving systems that enable fire safety and evacuation of disabled and vulnerable residents in all high-rise and higher-risk residential buildings. On 4 July, the government laid The Fire Safety (Residential Evacuation Plans) (Englan...

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