Written question asked by Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru) on Thursday, 22 June 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 June 2017. It was answered by Lord Sharma (Conservative) on Thursday, 6 July 2017 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Social Rented Housing: Standards

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to review the materials used in renovating and building social housing in terms of their quality, fitness for purpose and safety implications.

Answer: All building work must comply with Regulation 7 of the Building Regulations 2010, which requires that all materials used are fit for purpose and applied, used or fixed correctly. It is the duty of the person carrying out the building work to comply with this requirement and the duty of the building control body to check that it has been carried out. Guidance on compliance is set out in Approved Document 7 at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/material-and-workmanship-approved-document-7

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