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- The Government remains absolutely committed to supporting the Grenfell Tower Inquiry to understand the truth about the circumstances leading to the tragedy, responding to its recommendations, and seeing justice delivered for the Grenfell community.
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Sep 19, 2024 · The Home Office will bring forward proposals in Autumn 2024 to improve the fire safety and evacuation of disabled/vulnerable residents in high-rise and higher-risk residential buildings in...
- Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report: government response ...
The Home Office will support the improvement of...
- Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report: government response ...
- Introduction
- Recommendations For Government
- Recommendations For London Fire Brigade
- Recommendations For All Fire and Rescue Services
- Next Steps
On 30 October 2019, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry published its Phase 1 report which looked at the events on the night of the fire on 14 June 2017 in which 72 people died in the greatest loss of life following a residential fire since the Second World War. No words can ever lessen the unimaginable suffering experienced, and we know that for those that...
Use of combustible materials
Sir Martin made it clear in his report that the use of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) rainscreen cladding and combustible insulation on the exterior of Grenfell Tower was the defining factor in the rapid and all-consuming spread of the fire. MHCLG together with the Home Office have already taken, and will continue to take, firm and decisive action to address the presence of dangerous cladding on buildings across the country. Since the Grenfell Tower fire, MHCLG and the Home Office have id...
Recommendations where changes are required by law
The Home Office’s upcoming Fire Safety Bill will aim to clarify the scope of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 – the ‘Fire Safety Order’ – to put beyond doubt that building owners or managers of multi-occupied residential buildings of any height are required to consider fully and mitigate the fire safety risks of any external wall systems and front doors to individual flats. This will also affirm Fire and Rescue Services’ ability to enforce locally against building owners who hav...
‘Stay Put’ and evacuation
The Chairman recommended that government should develop national guidelines for carrying out evacuations of high-rise residential buildings. To do this, the Home Office and MHCLG have already formed a steering group together with the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) which includes technical specialists, academics, fire sector leads and employee group representatives. The steering group met for the first time on 18 December 2019 and have inputted into the scope and commissioning of research...
The Phase 1 report identifies that significant changes must be made at LFB. The Home Office welcomes the initial steps taken and the commitment of the Mayor of London and LFB to driving forward the necessary changes. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Service (HMICFRS) – the independent inspectorate for Fire and Rescue S...
Many of the recommendations require action from all Fire and Rescue Services and several of those directed to LFB have broader implications for all services. The Home Secretary has also written to every service across England to ask that they work together, and through the NFCC, to consider the Inquiry’s recommendations. The NFCC has already starte...
This response will rightly be scrutinised by Members of Parliament. Sufficient time has passed to digest and consider Sir Martin’s substantial report. We remain committed to working closely with other organisations to ensure the right changes are brought about to protect the public and will provide further updates on the steps taken to implement th...
Sep 19, 2024 · The purpose of this document is to provide an update on the Government’s current progress on making regulations to implement the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 recommendations requiring a...
- In December 2020, the Government published its first quarterly thematic update on its progress and actions to implement the recommendations from th...
- Recommendation 33.10aThat the owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to provide their local fire and rescue s...
- Recommendation 33.11aThat the London Fire Brigade review, and revise as appropriate, Appendix 1 to Policy Number (PN) 633 to ensure that it fully r...
- Recommendation 33.12aThat the owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to provide their local fire and rescue s...
- Recommendation 33.13aThat the owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to carry out regular inspections of any...
- Recommendation 33.14aThat the London Fire Brigade review its policies on communications between the control room and the incident commander.Status:...
- Recommendation 33.15aThat the London Fire Brigade’s policies be amended to draw a clearer distinction between callers seeking advice and callers wh...
- Recommendation 33.18aThat the London Fire Brigade develop policies and training to ensure better control of deployments and the use of resources.St...
- Recommendation 33.21aThat the London Fire Brigade urgently take steps to obtain equipment that enables firefighters wearing helmets and breathing a...
Sep 4, 2024 · Detectives say their investigation - which began the day of the fire - is independent of the public inquiry and under different legal rules, so they can't simply use the report's findings to...
The Home Office has continued to drive forward improvements in relation to evacuation, as well as working closely with London Fire Brigade and the National Fire Chiefs’ Council to monitor and...
Chapter 1 of the report contains a general introduction to the Inquiry. In it I explain why. I decided to conduct the Inquiry in two phases and how the Phase 1 hearings were organised, beginning...
Dec 6, 2021 · 6 December 2021. Tom Symonds. Home Affairs correspondent. Getty Images. The fire at the west London tower block in June 2017 claimed 72 lives. Successive governments concealed the extent of fire...
