PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Housing: Disability (20 May 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answers of 24 November 2020 to Questions 115838 and 115839 on Buildings: Disability and Housing: Construction, whether he plans to amend building regulations to require (a) all new homes to be accessible and adaptable as a minimum standard and (b) 10 per cent of new homes to be accessible for wheelchair users.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

We are currently considering responses to the consultation on raising accessibility standards for new homes, and will be publishing a Government response setting out next steps.

Answered by:
Christopher Pincher (Independent)
27 May 2021