Emergency Evacuation Consultation and Policy

I am today publishing the Government’s response to the emergency evacuation information sharing plus consultation, which provides further detail of our new residential personal emergency evacuation plan policy.

This policy, which was previously announced in a written ministerial statement on 2 September 2024 HCWS62, which can be viewed at : https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2024-09-02/hcws62 introduces new measures to improve the fire safety for vulnerable residents in high-rise and higher-risk residential blocks of flats, and represents a milestone in addressing the recommendations of the Grenfell Tower inquiry, a key priority for this Government.

Following publication of this Government response, subject to parliamentary approval, we will move to lay regulations to implement the new policy.

A copy of the Government response will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses and it will also be published on gov.uk.

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