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Scope of the consultation

This consultation seeks views on:

a) Amending the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 to require social landlords to ensure at least one smoke alarm is installed on each storey of the premises on which there is a room used wholly or partly as living accommodation.

b) Amending the statutory guidance (Approved Document J) supporting Part J of the Building Regulations to require that carbon monoxide alarms are fitted alongside the installation of fixed combustion appliances of any fuel type (excluding gas cookers).

c) Amending the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 to require private and social landlords to install a carbon monoxide alarm in any room used as living accommodation where a fixed combustion appliance is used (excluding gas cookers).

Scope of this consultation: This consultation follows on from the governments social housing green paper that was published in August 2018, the social housing white paper that was published in November 2020 and the government review of carbon monoxide alarm requirements that concluded in January 2019.

Geographical scope: These proposals relate to England only.

Impact assessment: Annex B sets out the expected impacts (costs and benefits) of proposals in this consultation. Where the proposals taken forward require legislative changes, further assessments will need to be made, and these will need to reflect the outcome of the consultation and responses.

Duration: This consultation will last for 8 weeks from 17 November 2020 to 11 January 2021.

Enquiries: For any enquiries about the consultation please contact smokeandcarbonmonoxide@communities.gov.uk

How to respond: We encourage you to respond by completing the online survey.

Alternatively, you can email your responses to the question in this consultation to smokeandcarbonmonoxide@communities.gov.uk.

If you are responding in writing, please make it clear which questions you are responding to.

Written responses should be sent to:

Smoke and Carbon Monoxide ConsultationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government3rd Floor, Fry Building2 Marsham StreetLondonSW1P 4DF

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After the consultation

After the consultation, a summary of the responses will be published and placed on the government website at http://www.gov.uk/mhclg.

Data Protection

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The government is committed to ensuring residents are protected from the risks of fire and carbon monoxide in their homes. In 2019/20, fire and rescue services attended nearly 30,000 dwelling fires in England and sadly there were nearly 200 fire-related fatalities[footnote 1]. Around 20 people die from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning every year (excluding those relating to accidental exposure to smoke, fire and flames[footnote 2], with more than 4,000 presentations to hospitals estimated to be related to carbon monoxide.

Alarms provide reassurance and can protect residents from the devastating harm caused to homes and lives by fire incidents and accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide alarms detect and warn of the presence of dangerous levels of the gas. Smoke alarms are shown to save lives: government statistics show you are around 8 times more likely to die in a fire if you do not have any working smoke alarms in your home.

Government expects residents to be safe, and feel safe, in their home, and expects landlords to provide residents with a safe place to live. Following the tragic events at Grenfell Tower in 2017, over 8000 people contributed their opinions and concerns to shape the social housing green paper. People commented that safety concerns were not always being listened to or addressed properly and this affected their faith in the legislative and regulatory framework. The Building Safety Programme was established to make sure that residents of high-rise residential buildings are safe, now and in the future.

The social housing green paper aimed to rebalance the relationship between landlords and residents. The paper recognised a disparity in protections between the private rented sector and social rented sector in respect of safety measures, including smoke and carbon monoxide alarm requirements, which are mandatory in private rented properties but not social rented. It asked whether such measures should apply to social rented properties. There was strong support for a renewed focus on safety and over 91% of respondents supported parity between the sectors.

This consultation is being published alongside the social housing white paper and forms part of a wider package of measures designed to ensure that people are safe, and feel safe, now and in the future. It seeks to bring greater parity between the rental sectors in respect of safety. Specifically, we are seeking comments on the following proposals:

a) We propose to amend the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 to require social landlords to ensure at least one smoke alarm is installed on each storey of the premises on which there is a room used wholly or partly as living accommodation. We also propose, through regulations, to require landlords to ensure that appropriate checks are made to ensure that each prescribed alarm is in proper working order on the first day of every new tenancy and to repair or replace alarms if they are reported as faulty during the tenancy.

b) We propose to amend the statutory guidance (Approved Document J) supporting Part J of the Building Regulations to require that carbon monoxide alarms are fitted alongside the installation of fixed combustion appliances of any fuel type (excluding gas cookers). Building regulation requirements are tenure neutral and apply upon the installation of combustion appliances in all rented and owner-occupied homes.

c) We propose to amend the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 to require private and social landlords to install a carbon monoxide alarm in any room used as living accommodation where a fixed combustion appliance is used (excluding gas cookers). We also propose, through regulations, to require landlords to ensure that appropriate checks are made to ensure that each prescribed alarm is in proper working order on the first day of every new tenancy and to repair or replace alarms if they are reported as faulty during the tenancy.

The proposals apply to England only.

We invite views on whether you agree with these proposals and if so, whether there are issues for us to consider as we implement the changes. We particularly welcome views from residents and resident groups, housing associations and local authorities and their representative bodies, private landlords and private sector landlord associations, fire and rescue authorities, fire and carbon monoxide safety groups or charities, heating installers and smoke alarm and carbon monoxide alarm technical specialists and suppliers.

The Home Offices Fire and Rescue Incident Statistics (see FIRE 0202) show that in 2019 to 2020 there were 25,484 accidental dwelling fires, resulting in 167 deaths and 1,909 injuries which required hospital treatment (see FIRE 0506). Fires also damage homes and property. The average area of damage caused by a dwelling fire is around 16 metres squared (See FIRE 0204).

Of all dwelling fires, around three-quarters (74%) were in houses, bungalows, converted flats and other properties, whilst around a quarter (26%) were in purpose-built flats. In the same year, fire and rescue services attended 775 fires in purpose-built high-rise flats (See FIRE 0205).

Smoke alarms are shown to save lives. Home Office data suggests that in 2019 to 2020 52 fatalities (26%) from dwelling fires occurred where a smoke alarm was not installed (See FIRE 0702). A smoke alarm was present and raised the alarm (i.e. functioned as desired) in 45% of dwelling fires in 2019 to 2020 but in only 33% of fire-related fatalities, highlighting the importance of having both working smoke alarms and enough of them to cover all areas in a dwelling. See detailed analysis.

In 2018 to 2019, a majority (91%) of English households had at least one working smoke alarm. Households renting from a housing association and those renting from a local authority were most likely to have at least one working smoke alarm (95%). Fewer (90%) owner-occupiers and private renters (88%) had smoke alarms.

Since the introduction of the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015, coverage of working smoke alarms in the private rented sector has increased from 83% to 88%. This follows a period between 2012 and 2014 when coverage in the sector had been decreasing.

Chart 1: Households with at least one working smoke alarm by tenure 2008-09 to 2018-19

Currently, to meet the guidance of Approved Document B (Fire Safety) under the Building Regulations 2010, smoke alarms must be installed in all newly built dwellings. The guidance requires smoke alarms to be installed when new homes are created by a change of use or conversion and when extensions or loft conversions are added to existing homes, all regardless of tenure. The building control body are responsible for enforcing the Building Regulations.

Since 2015, private sector landlords have been required to install at least one smoke alarm where there is a room used wholly or partly as living accommodation. The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 also require private landlords to ensure the alarms are in working order at the start of each tenancy. A question and answer booklet was published alongside the regulations to provide guidance on implementation. The local housing authority is responsible for enforcing the smoke alarm requirements set out in the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 and can levy a penalty charge of up to 5,000 for non-compliance.

The 2015 regulations were introduced as part of a package of policy responses designed to tackle poor standards in the private sector. The private sector had the poorest record on alarms at the time: in 2015 private rented homes had fewer smoke (83%) and carbon monoxide (21%) alarms than any other sector. See EHS headline report page 43. The focus at that time was on bringing the poorest performing sector up to acceptable levels.

In 2018, we also reviewed how effective the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 had been to date. The review found that there was good awareness of the regulations and they had had a positive impact on the number of alarms installed. The review concluded that the regulations should be retained in full and that consideration should be given to expand the regulations to cover both the private and social rented sector, subject to further consultation.

Government welcomes the majority of social landlords who have already taken steps to keep their residents safe by installing smoke alarms, and notes that 95% of social rented homes had a working smoke alarm in 2018. However, 210,000 social rented homes do not have a working smoke alarm. This puts lives unnecessarily at risk. As part of the governments response to the Grenfell tragedy and its commitment to ensure residents are safe and feel safe in their homes, we want to ensure all renters can benefit from these protections.

The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 have resulted in an increase in the number of smoke alarms in the private rented sector. While there is already better coverage in the social rented sector, we would like to see this progress replicated with an expectation that all tenants benefit from the protection and reassurance enjoyed by having a working smoke alarm. We believe that all rented homes should have smoke alarms, regardless of whether you rent in the private or social sector.

We therefore propose amending the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 to bring requirements for smoke alarms in the social rented sector in line with the private rented sector. Our proposals will require social landlords to ensure at least one smoke alarm is installed on each storey of the premises on which there is a room used wholly or partly as living accommodation. They will also be obliged to ensure that checks are made to make sure that each prescribed alarm is in proper working order on the first day of each new tenancy.

The intention of extending the regulations is to protect residents as part of our wider work to rebalance the relationship between residents and social landlords. We are proposing to extend the requirements to tenancy types where the social landlord has responsibilities for internal repairs and maintenance so excluding, for example, shared-ownership properties or other low-cost home ownership products. The types of properties covered under the definition are included in the glossary appended at Annex A under the definition, social rented sector. We will continue to encourage owner-occupiers to keep themselves, their families, friends and neighbours safe through campaigns such as the governments Fire Kills campaign. Fire and Rescue services carried out over 580,000 home fire safety visits in 2019 to 2020 (see FIRE 1201), targeting vulnerable occupants to provide tailored fire safety advice and install alarms. See further guidance on how owner-occupiers can make their home safe from fire.

During the review of the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015, we heard that the positioning and placement of smoke alarms can affect their effectiveness. Of those who had a smoke alarm installed at the time of a fire, around half (49%) of households reported that the alarm did not go off at the time of the incident. Of these, just under a quarter (23%) report that the fire was too far away from the smoke alarm (see EHS report, page 11). The question and answer booklet published alongside the regulations provides some general guidance on placement of smoke alarms alongside weblinks to fire safety information at http://www.gov.uk/firekills. Government seeks views on whether the information on placement of smoke alarms within this guidance document remains fit for purpose and whether it would need adapting or updating alongside an extension of the regulations to the social rented sector.

Some respondents to the review also told us that the regulations should prescribe the type of alarm to be installed. We are not proposing to prescribe the type of smoke alarm to be installed. This is because we think that landlords are best placed to decide on the most suitable device according to household needs and circumstances and the range of products available on the market. For example, there are alarms specifically designed for households with children or people with hearing loss. We propose to use the guidance published alongside the regulations to remind landlords to ensure their choice of alarm meets the relevant product standards. The guidance will also recommend the benefits of third-party accreditation of smoke alarms, such as that provided by the British Standard Institute (BSI) Kitemark (British Standard 5839-6), Loss Prevention Certification Board (LPCB) or other schemes.

We are not proposing that there should be a requirement on landlords to test alarms during the tenancy. Home Office guidance is that alarms should be tested at least on a monthly basis. Due to the frequency of testing required, we think it is reasonable to expect that a resident undertake this task as part of their normal responsibility to maintain their home. However, we would like to understand better the role landlords could play in supporting their residents to test their alarms regularly and safely, particularly residents who are vulnerable or have additional needs. Responses to this question will be considered alongside the learning arising from the governments Social Sector (Building Safety) Engagement Best Practice Group. Their aim, in part, is to develop best practice in engagement and communication between landlords and residents on building safety issues. Findings could help shape guidance to accompany the regulations.

We are proposing that both private and social sector landlords be obliged to repair or replace a faulty alarm during the tenancy, where a fault is reported to them. Whilst we are not proposing proactive checking of alarms during the tenancy by the landlord, we do think it is right that landlords should replace faulty alarms, particularly in the social rented sector where tenancies run for an average of 12 years (EHS report page 19) whilst a smoke alarm has an average life-span of 10 years (Fireservice.co.uk guidance says to replace alarms after 10 years). As private rented tenancies run for an average of 4 years, We propose that the guidance published alongside the regulations says that if, on testing their alarm, tenants find that their alarm is not in working order, they should first consider testing or replacing the battery. If the alarm is mains-operated or is still not working after the battery is replaced, residents should contact the landlord to arrange for the repair or replacement of the alarm. We are interested in views on this proposal.

The body responsible for enforcing the installation of smoke alarms in social rented homes will be the local housing authority. Although local authorities cannot take statutory enforcement action against themselves in respect of their own homes, they will be expected to ensure their homes comply. In addition, all social landlords are expected to comply with the Regulator of Social Housings consumer standards, that require providers to meet all applicable statutory requirements that provide for the health and safety of the occupants in their homes. The Housing Ombudsman can also play a role in resolving complaints about alarms between tenants and non-compliant local authority landlords.

We plan to commence requirements as soon as practicable following the laying of regulations. Delaying implementation could put lives at risk. However, a phased implementation could help landlords manage the additional costs by, for example, installing an alarm when they next visit the property, during a tenancy or gas safety check, rather than having to make an extra visit. As part of this consultation, we are seeking evidence of the necessity of a phased implementation approach.

As part of the development of these proposals, an analysis of the costs and benefits was carried out to examine the impacts of mandating smoke alarms on every storey of all social homes. It found that the cost to social landlords of installing smoke alarms in homes which currently do not have them on every storey would be 21 million over a ten-year period, with assessed benefits of 68 million over a 20-year period. The cost per dwelling is 102 over 10-year appraisal period. The benefits have been calculated by estimating the monetised health benefits through reduced fatalities and injuries caused by fires in social homes.

Because we are proposing a new obligation on landlords to replace alarms when they are reported broken during the tenancy, replacement costs for social landlords have been included in the analysis. However, as private rented tenancies only last an average of 4 years, and smoke alarms last an average of 10 years, no replacement costs for private landlords were considered.

We acknowledge that our proposals could have a slightly increased impact on smaller landlords as larger landlords are able to benefit from some economies of scale, such as buying alarms in bulk. However, we do not expect the cost per home to be significantly different for smaller landlords and so they should not be disproportionately impacted. We are therefore not proposing to exempt small landlords from our proposals as this would undermine their effectiveness. The full impact assessment is available at Annex B.

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Carbon monoxide is produced by incomplete combustion. It can be released into a room if a combustion appliance such as a boiler or fire is faulty, is poorly installed or maintained, or if a flue or chimney is blocked or leaky. It is colourless, odourless and tasteless. Mild poisoning can cause headaches and flu-like symptoms, whilst higher concentrations can lead to collapse, coma or death.

Sometimes referred to as the silent killer, statistics estimate that around 20 people die from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning every year. There are around 200 major injuries that require hospitalisation and around 4,000 minor injuries. The view of some medical experts is that some carbon monoxide poisonings are being wrongly diagnosed and therefore under-reported[footnote 3].

Carbon monoxide alarms give advance warning of carbon monoxide in a property and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recommend the use of audible carbon monoxide alarms as an important precaution. However, alarms should not be regarded as a replacement for proper installation and regular maintenance and safety checks of combustion appliances by a registered engineer.

In 2018, 42% of all dwellings had a carbon monoxide alarm, up from 33% in 2016 (EHS report, page 41). Owner-occupied homes (43%) and social rented homes (43%) were more likely to have a carbon monoxide alarm than private rented sector dwellings (39%). Homes with a solid-fuel burning appliance, such as a coal fire or wood burning stove, were more likely (51%) to have a carbon monoxide alarm than homes without a solid-fuel appliance (41%).

Currently, carbon monoxide alarms must be installed in all residential buildings when a fixed solid-fuel burning appliance, like a log burning stove, is installed. This requirement is set out in Building Regulations Approved Document J and applies to installations regardless of tenure in private and social rented homes and in owner occupied homes. Building control bodies are responsible for interpreting the guidance and enforcing the requirements of the Building Regulations. In practice, most combustion appliance installations are carried out by engineers registered with approved competent persons schemes who self-certify that the installation is compliant with the requirements of the building regulations.

Since 2015, private sector landlords have been required to install a carbon monoxide alarm in any room which is used wholly or partly as living accommodation and contains a solid-fuel burning appliance. The regulations also require private landlords to ensure the alarms are in working order at the start of each tenancy. As with smoke alarms, the local housing authority is responsible for enforcing carbon monoxide alarm requirements.

The current requirement in building regulations and in the private rented sector for alarms for solid-fuel heating was based on the cost-benefit analysis published at the time. That showed the benefits to installing alarms for solid-fuel appliances to be greater than for gas and oil appliances.

In 2017, the All-Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group (APPCOG) published a report Carbon Monoxide Alarms: Tenants Safe and Secure in Their Homes that critically assessed both the 2010 and 2015 requirements. It found that the original cost-benefit analysis which preceded the regulations was outdated, with carbon monoxide alarms being cheaper and more efficient than they had been previously. It also found that the regulations were unnecessarily complex and could be simplified by instead requiring alarms for all combustion appliances, including gas and oil, and extending requirements to social landlords.

During 2018, the Review of Carbon Monoxide Alarm Requirements considered whether regulations currently limited to solid-fuel appliances in the private rented sector and building regulations are fit for purpose or whether requirements should be extended to the installation of oil and gas boilers and to social rented housing. The review was supported by a working group of stakeholders and experts that included representation from Public Health England (PHE), the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), landlord associations, academics, the emergency services and gas installers. The review found evidence to support the case to extend carbon monoxide requirements.

The government welcomes the valuable work of the All-Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group (APPCOG) and the experts and stakeholders who are engaged on this critically important issue. We agree that the cost of alarms has fallen since 2010. We want to see a greater number of residents benefit from the protection and reassurance that carbon monoxide alarms can provide. We accept APPCOGs finding that limiting requirements to solid-fuel burning appliances has made the regulations complicated.

We propose to amend the statutory guidance (Approved Document J) so that carbon monoxide alarms must be fitted alongside the installation of fixed combustion appliances of any fuel type, excluding gas cookers. These requirements apply to installations in new and existing homes regardless of tenure, i.e. private and social landlords and to owner-occupiers.

Approved Document J provides guidance on placement of carbon monoxide alarms. It says that an alarm should be fitted on the ceiling at least 300mm from any wall or on a wall, as high up as possible (above any doors and windows) but not within 150mm of the ceiling and between 1m and 3m horizontally from the appliance. Government would like to seek views on whether the information on placement of carbon monoxide alarms remains fit for purpose and whether they would need adapting or updating alongside an extension of the regulations and guidance.

Approved Document J also sets out that to meet the requirements of the building regulations, a carbon monoxide alarm should comply to British Standard Institute standards (British Standard BS EN 50291) and be powered by a battery designed to operate for the working life of the alarm. It should also have a warning device to alert users when the working life of the alarm is due to pass or a mains-powered alarm with fixed wiring (not plug-in) and a sensor failure warning device. Government would like to seek views on whether the information on what type of carbon monoxide alarm should be installed remains fit for purpose and whether it would need adapting or updating alongside an extension of the regulations and guidance.

The impact assessment at Annex B sets out an analysis of costs and benefits of requiring a carbon monoxide alarm to be fitted upon the installation of any new or replacement fixed combustion appliance of any fuel type (excluding cookers). It found that the additional impact on private and social landlords would be negligible, while the cost to housebuilders and owner occupiers would be 208 million over 10 years, with assessed benefits of 183 million over a 20-year period. The benefits have been calculated by estimating the monetised health benefits through reduced fatalities and injuries.

We estimate the cost to owner-occupiers would be approximately 27 per additional alarm that is required, including parts and installation. We expect that this cost will only be incurred once by each affected household during our 10 year appraisal period, and that approximately two-thirds of owner-occupied households could be affected.

Although the analysis shows a total net cost to extend carbon monoxide alarm requirements in respect of Building Regulations, government believes it is vital for residents to be safe and feel safe in their homes. Additionally, we expect alarm costs to fall and average lifespans to improve. It is also the view of some medical experts that carbon monoxide poisonings are being under-reported[footnote 4].

As with smoke alarms, we are not proposing to exempt landlords from our proposals and acknowledge that that our proposals may have a small increased impact on smaller landlords. However, we do not expect the cost per home to be significantly different for smaller landlords and so they should not be disproportionately impacted.

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We propose amending the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 so that private and social landlords will be required to install a carbon monoxide alarm in any room used as living accommodation where there is a fixed combustion appliance of any fuel type, excluding gas cookers.

As with smoke alarms, the intention of extending the regulations is to protect residents in rented homes. As such, we are not proposing to extend requirements to owner occupiers. We are proposing to extend the requirements to tenancy types where the social landlord has responsibilities for internal repairs and maintenance. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recommends that homeowners should install carbon monoxide alarms as a useful precaution.

Government published a question and answer booklet alongside the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 which provides some general guidance for landlords on placement of carbon monoxide alarms. Government would like to seek views on whether the information on placement of carbon monoxide alarms within this guidance document remains fit for purpose and whether it would need adapting or updating alongside an extension of the regulations to the social rented sector.

Some respondents to the review of the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 also told us that these regulations should prescribe the type of alarm to be installed. As with smoke alarms, we are not proposing to prescribe the type of carbon monoxide alarm to be installed in rented properties. We do however propose to use the guidance published alongside the regulations to remind landlords to ensure their choice of alarm meets the relevant product standards and is Conformit Europenne (CE) marked. The guidance will also recommend the benefits of third-party accreditation of alarms, such as that provided by the British Standard Institute (British Standard BS EN 50291). We will also use the guidance document to remind landlords to ensure their choice of alarm should adhere to third party accreditation and give due regard to the needs of individual households.

Landlords would be required to ensure alarms are in working order on the first day of each new tenancy. We are not proposing that there should be a requirement on landlords to test alarms during the tenancy. This is because guidance from many manufacturers and the London Fire Brigade (page 8) is that carbon monoxide alarms should be tested at least on a monthly basis. As with smoke alarm proposals set out above, due to the frequency of testing required, we think it is reasonable to expect that a resident undertake this task as part of their normal responsibility to maintain their home.

We are proposing that landlords should be obliged to repair or replace a faulty alarm during the tenancy, where a fault is reported to them. As with smoke alarms, we are not requiring proactive checking during the tenancy by the landlord, however we do think it right that landlords also be obliged to replace faulty carbon monoxide alarms. As with smoke alarms, we propose the guidance published alongside the regulations sets out resident and landlord responsibilities. We are interested in exploring views on this proposal. As with smoke alarms, the body responsible for enforcing the installation of carbon monoxide alarms in the social rented sector homes will be the local housing authority.

As with smoke alarms, we are minded to commence requirements as soon as practicable following the laying of regulations. However, a phased implementation could allow landlords to install alarms when they next visit the property. We are seeking evidence of the necessity of a phased implementation approach.

The impact assessment at Annex B sets out costs and benefits of extending regulations to require CO alarms in all rooms with any type of fuel burning appliance (excluding gas cookers) in both the private rented and social rented sectors.

It found the net additional cost to social sector landlords would be 128 million over 10 years with assessed benefits of 106 million over a 20-year period. The net additional cost to private sector landlords would be 147 million over 10 years with assessed benefits of 118 million over a 20-year appraisal period.

We estimate the cost to landlords will be approximately 27 per additional alarm that is required, including parts and installation. The number of alarms required per property will vary with the number and location of appliances in scope, but we estimate that the average cost per rented property would be approximately 33 over 10 years. Costs and benefits have been calculated in the same way as for proposals to amend Building Regulations Approved Document J.

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All-Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group (APPCOG)

Forum for Parliamentarians to discover, discuss and promote ways of tackling carbon monoxide poisoning in the UK.

Approved Document J

Approved Document J gives guidance for compliance with the Building Regulations requirements for Combustion appliances and Fuel Storage systems when building work is carried out in England.

Approved Document B

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