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1344899

registered interest
date	07/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Electrical Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the working party considering mandatory electrical safety checks in social housing will report.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL1796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>In the Charter for Social Housing Residents – Social Housing White Paper, we committed to consult on measures to ensure that social housing residents are protected from harm caused by poor electrical safety. Subsequently, we committed to form an official-led stakeholder working group to inform the content of that consultation.</p><p>The Electrical Safety Working Group is underway and will report in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 14/07/2021 15:00:21 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1304498

registered interest
date	22/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Electrical Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce mandatory five yearly electrical safety checks in the social rented sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL14450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2021 answer text <p>In the Charter for Social Housing Residents – Social Housing White Paper published on 17 November 2020, we commit to consult on measures to ensure that social housing residents are protected from harm caused by poor electrical safety.</p><p>On the 9 March 2021, we announced the launch of a working group to inform the content of the consultation. The first meeting will take place on 29 March 2021, and the group will run until Summer 2021. Meetings will explore proposals to best protect social residents from electrical harm, including consideration of mandatory electrical safety checks.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 30/03/2021 10:25:06 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1274524

registered interest
date	06/01/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Electrical Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the Working Group on Electrical Safety in the social rented sector to commence.
tabling member printed	Lord Tope
uin	HL11845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>In the Charter for Social Housing Residents – Social Housing White Paper published on 17 November 2020, we commit to consult on measures to ensure that social housing residents are protected from harm caused by poor electrical safety. Subsequently, we committed to form an official-led stakeholder working group to inform the content of the consultation.</p><p>Work is underway to set up the working group. Working group meetings will take place prior to publishing the consultation. We will announce further details including timings in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL11846 question first answered 19/01/2021 11:51:07 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	1703 label Biography information for Lord Tope

1274525

registered interest
date	06/01/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Electrical Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the consultation on electrical safety in the social rented sector to commence.
tabling member printed	Lord Tope
uin	HL11846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>In the Charter for Social Housing Residents – Social Housing White Paper published on 17 November 2020, we commit to consult on measures to ensure that social housing residents are protected from harm caused by poor electrical safety. Subsequently, we committed to form an official-led stakeholder working group to inform the content of the consultation.</p><p>Work is underway to set up the working group. Working group meetings will take place prior to publishing the consultation. We will announce further details including timings in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL11845 question first answered 19/01/2021 11:51:07 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	1703 label Biography information for Lord Tope

1149805

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Electrical Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration is being given to the introduction of mandatory electrical safety checks in the social rented sector.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL97
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>Government is committed to ensuring that everyone is safe, and feels safe, in their home.</p><p>We published our Green Paper, &quot;A new deal for social housing&quot;, in August last year. It asked whether new safety measures in the private rented sector should apply to social housing, including the proposed mandatory requirement on private landlords to ensure electrical installations in their property are inspected every five years. We are currently considering the responses to the consultation and will publish our action plan for implementing social housing reform in due course.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 29/10/2019 16:24:27 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

1147149

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Electrical Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to introduce mandatory electrical safety checks in the social rented sector in England.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	292076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Government is committed to ensuring that everyone is safe, and feels safe, in their home.</p><p>We published our Green Paper, &quot;A new deal for social housing&quot;, in August last year. It asked whether new safety measures in the private rented sector should apply to social housing, including the proposed mandatory requirement on private landlords to ensure electrical installations in their property are inspected every five years. We are currently considering the responses to the consultation and will publish our action plan for implementing social housing reform in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 08/10/2019 14:33:50 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

939884

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Electrical Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment has he made of trend in compliance with electrical safety regulations in the social rented sector.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	163513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The English Housing Survey includes information on the presence of five electrical safety features: modern PVC wiring, modern earthing, modern consumer unit casing, miniature circuit breakers and residual current devices. The latest English Housing Survey stock condition report was published 12 July this year and is available at- <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2016-stock-condition" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2016-stock-condition</a>. The report finds that, in the social rented sector 25.2 per cent of homes did not have all five electrical safety features.</p><p>The Government has been listening to social housing residents and landlords in a programme of visits across England to better understand the issues and concerns they have, including concerns around electrical safety.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/07/2018 10:06:31 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

746300

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Electrical Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will introduce mandatory electrical safety checks in the social rented sector in response to the Grenfell Tower disaster.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	1802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>Social landlords are already obliged, by law, to maintain the structure and exterior of their properties, and to keep in repair and proper working order the sanitation, water, gas and electricity installations.</p><p>The Homes and Communities Agency’s national standards also require social landlords to ensure (subject to an agreed extension in some instances, which must be explained to tenants) that all their homes meet the Decent Homes Standard and to meet all applicable statutory requirements that provide for the health and safety of the occupants in their homes.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/07/2017 11:28:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 1427 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse