Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Ministry of Housing; Local Government Communities & Local Government Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Fry Building 2 Marsham Street London SWIP 4DF Tel: Andrew Haigh Emair HM Coroner for Staffordshire South wwgov.uklmhclg Staffordshire Place Stafford Our Ref;f Staffordshire Your ref: 150774 ST16 2LP December 2020 Dea_t I HassL, Thank you for your report dated 17 November under regulations 8 and 29 of the Coroners (Investigations) Regulations 2013. was very to read of the tragic deaths of Riley Holt;, Keegan Unitt; Tilly-Rose Unitt and Unitt in Stafford on 5th February 2019. accidental death is upsetting, but the untimely deaths of four children is unbearable_ The Government are committed to bringing about the biggest change in building safety for a generation. Part of that programme of work is a full technical review of the standards that support building regulations the important issues of smoke alarms and sprinklers will, of course be considered as part of that review_ understand that the specific issue of smoke alarms waking children was considered by the relevant technical committee at the British Standards Institute and that this was taken into account in an amendment to BS 5839-6 issued this year. Yas_ 1hes (nzclc RT HON ROBERT JENRICK MP sorry Olly Any