Grenfell Tower Inquiry Response
A multi-agency government response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommendations, led by the Cabinet Office with involvement from housing, health and safety, and justice departments. The policy addresses fire safety standards, building regulations, and systemic failures identified in the inquiry, with implementation tracked through an annual progress report and consultation on Approved Document B. Current status is active implementation of inquiry recommendations across multiple government bodies.
2026
Approved Document B Consultation
UIN: HCWS1460 In my statement on 17 December 2025, I emphasised Government’s commitment to addressing all 58 recommendations made by the Grenfell Inquiry following the Phase 2 Report and noted that we have taken several significant steps already to build …
Grenfell Annual Report
UIN: HCWS1363 The Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 was a preventable tragedy that claimed 72 innocent lives. This tragedy was the consequence of profound failures within the system of oversight. People should have been protected. This Government recognises those failures …
Grenfell Annual Report
UIN: HLWS1366 My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Steve Reed OBE MP) has today made the following statement:The Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 was a preventable tragedy that claimed 72 innocent lives. …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry Government Progress Report: December 2025 translations
Translations of the December 2025 Grenfell Tower Inquiry Government Progress Report summary update.
2025
Implementation timeline for Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommendations
In response to: Grenfell Tower Inquiry Government Progress Report: December 2025
Grenfell Tower Inquiry Recommendations – Progress
UIN: HCWS1195 The Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 was a national tragedy that highlighted profound failures across systems, safeguards and oversight and led to the avoidable deaths of 72 innocent people.Eight years on, the bereaved, survivors, and immediate community conti...
Grenfell Tower Inquiry Recommendations – Progress
UIN: HLWS1193 My Honourable Friend the Minister for Building Safety, Fire and Democracy (Samantha Dixon MBE MP) has today made the following statement:The Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 was a national tragedy that highlighted profound failures across systems, safeguards a...
Grenfell Tower Inquiry Government Progress Report: December 2025
This page sets out the government’s progress in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s Phase 2 recommendations and updates on Phase 1 recommendations.
Fire and Rescue Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to introduce national response standards for (a) service levels and (b) response times for all fire and rescue services. Answer: The Government has accepted, in …
Fire and Rescue Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a national fire and rescue service statutory advisory body to oversee national standards on (a) fire cover, …
Implementation timeline for Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommendations
In response to: Grenfell Tower Inquiry Government Progress Report: September 2025
Grenfell Tower Inquiry Government Progress Report: September 2025
This page sets out the government’s progress in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s Phase 2 recommendations and updates on Phase 1 recommendations.
Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Government response (HTML)
In response to: Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Government response
Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Government response
This document sets out the government’s response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s Phase 2 report, which was published on 4 September 2024.
Grenfell Tower Inquiry Government Progress Report: May 2025
This page sets out the government’s progress in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s Phase 2 recommendations and updates on Phase 1 recommendations.
Doors: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to pause the proposed move from the British fire door safety testing standard (BS 476-22) to the European Standard (EN 1634-1) until the current …
Public Inquiries
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to para 144 of the UK Government Response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report, CP1248, published in February 2025, what his planned timetable is for the publicly accessible …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Government response, published on 26 February 2025, what her planned timetable is for the publicly available record of public inquiry recommendations. Answer: …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Government response, published on 26 February 2025, whether she plans to implement recommendations accepted in princi Answer: The …
Buildings: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Government response, published on 26 February 2025, what her planned timetable is for (a) primary and (b) secondary …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Government response translations
Translations of the executive summary and chapter 1 of the government's response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry's Phase 2 report, and the Deputy Prime Minister’s oral statement.
High Rise Flats: Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Oral Statement of 26 February 2025 on Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 Report, Official Report, whether she plans to take steps to enforce personal …
Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2025 to Question 28899 on Grenfell Tower Inquiry, what (a) criteria and (b) evidence her Department plans to use in prioritising its work on preventing …
Grenfell Tower
UIN: HCWS440 I want to provide the House with an update on the Government’s work with the Grenfell community and on my decision about the future of Grenfell Tower.Supporting the communityLearning the lessons from the Grenfell tragedy and ensuring lasting …
Grenfell Tower
UIN: HLWS438 My Right Honourable Friend the Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Angela Rayner MP) has today made the following statement:I want to provide the House with an update on the Government’s …
Publication of the Government Response to the House of Lords Statutory Inquiries Committee report Public Inquiries: Enhancing public trust
UIN: HCWS425 I am today publishing the Government’s response to the House of Lords Statutory Inquiries Committee report Public Inquiries: Enhancing public trust.Public inquiries are a valued and well-established part of our administrative justice system. Recent years ...
Government Response to the House of Lords Statutory Inquiries Committee report: Enhancing public trust
The Government has published its response to the 2024 House of Lords Statutory Inquiries Committee report into the efficacy of the law and practice relating to public inquiries.
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to publish the Government’s response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report; and if she will implement the recommendation in paragraph 113.40 of that …
Institution of Fire Engineers
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Institution of Fire Engineers as a regulatory body for fire engineers. Answer: Currently, the fire engineering profession is …
2024
Local Government: Construction
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to issue guidance to local authorities on awarding contracts to companies responsible for the 2017 Grenfell fire. Answer: The Cabinet Office is undertaking a review of the Grenfell Tower …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for responding to the policy paper entitled Publication of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry phase 2 report, published on 4 September 2024. Answer: We …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent progress her Department has made on implementing the recommendations in the phase (a) one and (b) two reports of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. Answer: The Government …
Grenfell Tower: Fires
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department's practice is on ministerial attendance at (a) meetings and (b) conferences (i) sponsored and (ii) connected to firms associated with the Grenfell Tower fire. Answer: …
Publication of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry phase 2 report
The Inquiry published its final report on 4 September 2024. The Government will carefully consider its recommendations, to ensure that such a tragedy can never occur again.
High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to accelerate Government-funded remediation schemes in the context of the major fire incident in Dagenham on 26 August 2024; and if she …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with the Chair of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry on the estimated publication date of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 report. Answer: The Grenfell Tower Inquiry is …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report entitled Progress against the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 recommendations, published on 29 June 2023, if he will publish an updated report. Answer: The Government …
2023
Hillsborough disaster report: government response
Response to Bishop James Jones' independent report on the families' experiences following the Hillsborough disaster.
Buildings: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of the recommendations from phase one of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry have been implemented. Answer: The Government published the 6th bi-annual progress tracker on implementation …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when does he expect the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 report to be published. Answer: The Grenfell Tower Inquiry is a statutory Inquiry established under the Inquiries Act 2005. Under the terms …
Consultation responses — outcome published
In response to: Relaxation of licensing hours for His Majesty the King’s coronation
2022
High Rise Flats: Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish (a) all correspondence that she and her Department have had with (i) developers and (ii) housing associations on the Grenfell Inquiry's recommendation to make it mandatory …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department will publish its next quarterly progress report on the implementation of recommendations from phase 1 of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, to follow the previous report of September …
2021
Consultation response (accessible version) — outcome published
In response to: Police 'stop and search' powers
2020
Response to the consultation (accessible version) — outcome published
In response to: Energy Performance of Buildings: changes to The Energy Performance of Buildings Regulatio…
Grenfell Update
UIN: HLWS541 My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Robert Jenrick) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 was a national tragedy. 72 people …
Grenfell Update
UIN: HCWS548 The Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 was a national tragedy. 72 people died in the greatest loss of life in a residential fire since the Second World War; many more mourn the loss of their families, friends, community, …
High Rise Flats: Insulation
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the maximum level of fine they can impose on freeholders of flat blocks where dangerous cladding has not been removed; and how many such fines have been imposed since the Grenfell Tower Inquiry …
Amendment to the Manchester Arena Inquiry Terms of Reference
UIN: HCWS455 On 22 October 2019 I announced an independent public inquiry to investigate the deaths of the victims of the 2017 Manchester Arena terror attack, and the Terms of Reference for that Inquiry. I have now received a request …
Cladding progress of remediation: government response to the Select Committee report
Grenfell Update
UIN: HCWS257 On 30 October 2019 Phase 1 of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, which focused on how the fire started and spread and the emergency response, concluded with the publication of the Phase 1 report. In January 2020 the Government …
Grenfell Update
UIN: HLWS253 My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Robert Jenrick) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:On 30 October 2019 Phase 1 of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, which …
Government Response to the Anthony Grainger Inquiry Report
UIN: HCWS242 Today the Government has published its formal response to the Anthony Grainger Public Inquiry and a copy will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses. Anthony Grainger was shot dead on 3 March 2012 by an armed …
Government Response to the Anthony Grainger Inquiry Report
UIN: HLWS238 My hon Friend the Minister of State for Crime, Policing and the Fire Service (Kit Malthouse) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Today the Government has published its formal response to the Anthony Grainger Public Inquiry and …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when a new panel member will be appointed to the Grenfell Tower inquiry; and what discussions he has with people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire on that appointment. Answer: In February, …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry phase 1 report, which Department is responsible for implementing the recommendations in that report; what the implementation status is of each such recomme …
Boris Johnson: Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has submitted a witness statement to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry in Module Five in his capacity as a previous (a) Chair of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority and …
High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has received representations on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry's consideration of changes in the level of fire safety regulation. Answer: A public consultation on the implementation of the …
High Rise Flats: Fires
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 report, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure owners and managers of high-rise residential buildings intro Answer: …
Buildings: Insulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policy on the applicability to cladding of paragraph 12.7 of the Approved Fire Regulations of the view …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report: government response (accessible)
In response to: Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 report: government response
2019
High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the report of the Public Inquiry into the fire at Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017 Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 Report, published on 30 October, when they plan to introduce new fire safety …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's letter to Sir Martin Moore Bick of 10 May 2018 announcing her intention to appoint two additional panel members to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry for Phase …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the timeframe is for a report on phase one of the Grenfell Tower inquiry led by Sir Martin Moore-Bick will be published. Answer: The timing and handling of the Inquiry is …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's letter of 10 May 2018 to Sir Martin Moore-Bick, what the timetable is for appointing the two additional panel members to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. Answer: …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when phase two of the Grenfell Tower inquiry led by Sir Martin Moore-Bick is planned to start. Answer: The timing and handling of the Inquiry is a matter for the independent Inquiry …
Grenfell Tower: Fires
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the implications for the Government's policies of the report entitled, Family reflections on Grenfell: No voice left unheard, published on 8 May 2019 by Inquest; …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's letter to Sir Martin Moore Bick of 10 May 2018 announcing her intention to appoint two additional panel members to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry for Phase …
Buildings: Insulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2019 to Question 236427, for what reasons his Department did not issue a frequently asked question on its planning portal to …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect Sir Martin Moore-Bick to publish his report on the first phase of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. Answer: The timetable for the independent public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire is a matter …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has spent on legal representation for (a) bereaved, (b) survivor and (c) local resident core participants since the inquiry was set up. Answer: The independent Grenfell …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the second phase of the Grenfell Inquiry is planned to (a) start and (b) conclude. Answer: The Grenfell Tower Inquiry is an independent public Inquiry. The timetable for the Inquiry’s work …
2018
Summary of consultation responses — outcome published
In response to: Government response to the Taylor review of modern working practices
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Chair of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry to speed up the start of the next phase of its work. Answer: The timetable for the independent public Inquiry is a …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total value of his Department's consultancy expenditure relating to the Grenfell Tower inquiry is. Answer: The independent Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry is committed to publishing its costs on a regular …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total value of his Department's spend on the Grenfell Tower inquiry is. Answer: The independent Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry is committed to publishing its costs on a regular basis. Costs …
Building regulations and fire safety: government response to Select Committee report
The government’s response to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee’s report on building regulations and fire safety.
Furniture: Fire Resistant Materials
To ask Her Majesty's Government what information has been made available to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, the Dame Judith Hackett Review, and the Independent Experts Advisory Panel with regard to the findings set out in the Department for Business, Innovati …
Visas: Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether visas have been issued to members of families of Grenfell Tower fire victims attending the Grenfell Tower Inquiry that are limited to a period shorter than the expected length of that Inquiry; and, if …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much money has been allocated from the public purse by the Legal Aid Agency for legal teams of the survivors and bereaved families in the Grenfell Inquiry as of the start …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that appointments to the Grenfell Tower inquiry panel will represent survivors and bereaved families. Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to PQ143839 answered on …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that appointments to the Grenfell Tower inquiry panel have the confidence of survivors and bereaved families. Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to …
Grenfell Tower: Fire Regulations
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 28 March (HL6432 and 6433), whether they intend the detailed questions contained and unanswered in the reply to be covered by the inquiry currently …
Grenfell Tower: Fires
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2017 to Question 110635, on Grenfell Tower: fires, what discussions he has had with the Metropolitan Police on the timescale for …
Grenfell Tower: Fires
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has held with Kensington and Chelsea Council on the provision of (a) housing and (b) other support services for individuals bereaved by the Grenfell Tower …
2017
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office , whether the inquiry led by Sir Martin Moore-Bick into the Grenfell Tower fire considered the socio-economic duty in Section 1 of the Equality Act 2010; and what assessment he has made …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the date on which phase 1 of the Grenfell Inquiry will be published. Answer: The Inquiry timetable and the working hours of the team are matters …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Legal Costs
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the legal costs (1) incurred to date, and (2) likely to be incurred, in relation to the Grenfell Tower fire inquiry; and how much of those costs will be met …
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has held with the Prime Minister on the appointment of panel members to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. Answer: I refer the Honourable Gentleman to the Prime Minister’s Written …
Grenfell Tower: Fires
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Grenfell Tower fire survivors and families have received legal representation funded by the Government; and how much has been set aside to fund the legal representation of those affected by …
Grenfell Tower: Fires
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has issued any guidance or advice to Sir Martin Moore-Bick or set any limitations or requirements on the terms of reference for the Grenfell Tower inquiry. Answer: The Inquiry …
2016
Consultation on cremation following infant cremation inquiries — outcome published
Seeks views on proposals for changes to the Cremation Regulations 2008, and for improving other aspects of the cremation practice.
Consultation on cremation following infant cremation inquiries — consultation closed
Seeks views on proposals for changes to the Cremation Regulations 2008, and for improving other aspects of the cremation practice.
2015
Consultation on cremation following infant cremation inquiries — consultation opened
Seeks views on proposals for changes to the Cremation Regulations 2008, and for improving other aspects of the cremation practice.