Recommendation P2-58: Reconsider LGA Guide paragraph 79.11 advice
From Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 Report, published 4 September 2024.
Recommendation
We also recommend that the advice contained in paragraph 79.11 of the LGA Guide be reconsidered. (113.83)
In brief (written by this site)
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government stated in September 2026 that this recommendation is complete and has been fully discharged (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Sep 2026). In February 2026, the department reported that it closed the recommendation after laying residential evacuation regulations in July 2025 and publishing replacement guidance that December (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Feb 2026). HM Government had accepted the recommendation in February 2025, noting that the original advice had been redacted in 2021 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government response, Feb 2025).
Sources
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026. The record below is the sources' own words.
Government response
The government accepts this recommendation. The advice contained in paragraph 79.11 of the LGA Guide was redacted in 2021. The Home Office intends to publish new guidance on the issues covered in paragraph 79.11 in 2025.
How this response relates to the recommendation
Site note: This is the government's response to the Phase 2 report (CP 1248, published 26 February 2025). It prints each recommendation and then the response to it. Where the recommendation is addressed to a body outside government, the response prints that body's own acceptance (the Architects Registration Board and RIBA, HMICFRS, London Fire Brigade, the National Fire Chiefs Council, the British Standards Institution, the National Police Chiefs' Council), and the row is filed under that body.
Delivery
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government says completed (10 September 2026)
This recommendation is complete and has been fully discharged.
Site note: This is the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's progress report of September 2026 on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommendations. Where the passage describes work by another body, such as the National Fire Chiefs Council, London Fire Brigade, fire and rescue services, the British Standards Institution or the Cabinet Office, it is the Ministry's account of that body's progress, and the row is filed under the Ministry.
Earlier statement on delivery (1)
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (25 February 2026)
The Fire Safety (Residential Evacuation Plans) (England) Regulations 2025 were laid on 4 July 2025 which mandates Residential PEEPs and applies to all high-rise residential buildings and medium-rise residential building with simultaneous evacuation strategies in place.
Following the laying of the regulations, guidance on Residential PEEPs has been produced. Draft guidance was circulated to disability advocacy groups and other stakeholders for comment. After circulation, the guidance on the issues covered in paragraph 79.11 in the Local Government Association guidance was published in December, as the Residential PEEPs: Guidance for Responsible Persons.
This recommendation is now closed and has been fully discharged.
Site note: This is the annex of the government's Phase 2 annual report (CP 1512, published 25 February 2026) as GOV.UK publishes it, one page per theme: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's account. Where the passage describes work by another body, such as the National Fire Chiefs Council, London Fire Brigade, the British Standards Institution, the Health and Safety Executive or the Cabinet Office, it is the report's account of that body's progress, and the row is filed under the Ministry. The status is what the passage says: completed only where it says the recommendation is complete or closed.
Responsible bodies
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Who has spoken
- UK Government
Response - Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Delivery statement