questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reintroducing mandatory fire certificates for (a) houses in multiple occupation, (b) hospitals, (c) shopping centres and (d) other designated premises where people congregate in significant numbers.
answerText: The concept of a fire safety certificate was replaced in 2006 when the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (FSO) came into force and the Fire Precautions Act 1971 was repealed. We have no current plans to re-introduce them.The FSO places a range of...
heading: Fire Prevention: Certification