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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

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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