PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Buildings: Disability (16 November 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to make parts (a) M4(2) and (b) M4(3) of building regulations mandatory.
Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)
Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)
Answer
We are consulting at present on options to raise accessibility standards in new homes, including options for making M4(2) for accessible and adaptable dwellings a mandatory standard. Our consultation also asks for views on either fixed or evidenced proportions of M4(3) wheelchair user dwellings. The Government will respond to this open consultation in due course, and evidence submitted in response will inform an assessment of the costs and benefits of building homes to M4(2) and M4(3) standards.
Answered by:
Christopher Pincher (Independent)
24 November 2020
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