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Require PEEP information in premises information box

Grenfell Tower Inquiry · Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 Report · Issued 30 October 2019 · Addressed to: UK Government

Government responseUK Government: Accepted in part (Jan 2020)

DeliveryMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government says completed (Sep 2026)Home Office says in progress (Feb 2025)

Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry

●Inquiry recommendation, 33.22f

The owner and manager of every high-rise residential building be required by law to include up-to-date information about persons with reduced mobility and their associated PEEPs in the premises information box.

Grenfell Tower Inquiry, Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 Report · 30 Oct 2019 Source PDF →

Published evidence summary

AI-generated evidence summary

The Inquiry recommended legally requiring personal evacuation plans in high-rise premises information boxes. In September 2026, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government reported that the recommendation is complete and "fully discharged" (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Sep 2026). In February 2026, the department stated that regulations laid in July 2025 mandated Residential Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs) and required sharing information with fire and rescue services, though premises information boxes were not mentioned (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Feb 2026). Earlier, the Home Office had reported in February 2025 that new secondary legislation would mandate building evacuation plans alongside personal plans after successive public consultations (Chris Philp, Mar 2024; Home Office, Feb 2025).

AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 1 Oct 2026.

Government response

●UK Government · Accepted in part · 21 Jan 2020

Words of: HM Government (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report: Government Response, January 2020 (published on GOV.UK 21 January 2020)

Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s Phase 1 report was exhaustive in detail and made a series of findings and recommendations relevant to government. As the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government made clear at the time of publication, the Government accepted in principle all these recommendations. This includes new duties on building owners and managers to: issue information to Fire and Rescue Services, ensure there are premises information boxes, carry out regular inspections of lifts and fire doors, equip buildings with the facilities for Fire and Rescue Services to send evacuation signals and ensure building floor numbers are clearly marked.

Extract from: Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report: Government Response

Site note: This is the government's response to the Phase 1 report (CP 209, 21 January 2020). It is organised by theme, not by recommendation, and states its position once, in its introduction: "the Government accepted in principle all these recommendations", meaning the recommendations "relevant to government". Where the row shows a passage from a themed section, that is the section on this recommendation's subject; where it shows the introduction, the response has no passage on this recommendation's subject. The status on a recommendation addressed to government is the introduction's. Where the recommendation is addressed to building owners, the emergency services or the National Police Air Service, the response describes work without stating acceptance, and the row is marked noted.

Site note: The source gives this passage once, for the introduction, on every recommendation relevant to government whose subject the response does not take up in a themed section. The same words are recorded on P1-5, P1-6, P1-8, P1-9, P1-30, P1-32, P1-33 and P1-36.

Delivery

●Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government says completed · 10 Sep 2026

These recommendations are now complete and has been fully discharged.

From: Progress report September 2026: vulnerable people and phase 1 recommendations (part of Grenfell Tower Inquiry Government Progress Report: September 2026)

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.

Site note: The source gives this passage once, for its recommendations 59 and 61 (Phase 1 recommendations 33.22.C and 33.22.F) together. The same words are recorded on P1-30 and P1-33.

●Home Office says in progress · 26 Feb 2025

Status: in progress

The government will lay new Residential PEEPs (RPEEPs) secondary legislation later in 2025 which will also include mandating building-level evacuation plans for all high-rise residential buildings, and for those medium-rise residential buildings with a simultaneous evacuation plan in place. Together, these measures will mandate that the building owner/manager engages with their vulnerable residents, considers how to improve their fire safety and evacuation through a person centred fire risk assessment, enable all residents to be clear on what they should do in the event of a fire, and give fire and rescue services information in case they need to support their evacuation. We have committed funding next financial year (2025/26) to support social housing providers to deliver RPEEPs for their tenants. Future years’ funding are being considered through the Spending Review.

From: Progress against the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 recommendations, February 2025

Site note: This is the Home Office's thematic update on progress against the Phase 1 recommendations. Its introduction says it includes updates from the relevant government departments and assurances received from the National Fire Chiefs Council, London Fire Brigade and other emergency services on their progress. The status line and the passage are the Home Office's compilation of what those bodies reported to it; where the passage gives a status for fire and rescue services and a separate one for London Fire Brigade, both are shown as printed.

Site note: The source gives this passage once, for recommendations 33.22e and 33.22f together. The same words are recorded on P1-32 and P1-33.

Earlier statements on delivery (0)

●Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · 25 Feb 2026

The Fire Safety (Residential Evacuation Plans) (England) Regulations 2025 were laid on 4 July 2025. This mandates Residential PEEPs in high-rise and higher-risk residential buildings.

Under the regulations, residents with disabilities or impairments will have a person-centred fire risk assessment to identify equipment and adjustments to aid their fire safety, evacuation and a ‘Residential PEEPs statement’ recording what they should do in a fire. Fire and rescue services will also receive information on vulnerable residents in case they need to support their evacuation. The resident’s consent is required throughout the process. Further information on why we are doing this and what the regulations mean in practice can be found in the Residential PEEPs: Factsheet.

These recommendations are now complete and have been fully discharged.

From: Annual Report February 2026: vulnerable people and Phase 1 (part of Grenfell Tower Inquiry Government Annual Report: February 2026)

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.

Site note: The source gives this passage once, for its recommendations 59 and 61 (Phase 1 recommendations 33.22.C and 33.22.F) together. The same words are recorded on P1-30 and P1-33.

●Home Office · 16 Sep 2024

Status: In Progress

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 England in response to this recommendation. These proposals will be called ‘Residential PEEPs’.

Through them, residents with disabilities and impairments will be entitled to a person-centred risk assessment to identify appropriate equipment and adjustments to aid their fire safety / evacuation, as well as a ‘Residential PEEPs statement’ that records what vulnerable residents should do in the event of a fire.

The government has committed funding next year (2025-26) to begin this important work by supporting social housing providers to deliver Residential PEEPs for their renters. Future years’ funding will be confirmed at the upcoming Spending Review.

From: Progress against the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 recommendations, September 2024

Site note: This is the Home Office's thematic update on progress against the Phase 1 recommendations. Its introduction says it includes updates from the relevant government departments and assurances received from the National Fire Chiefs Council, London Fire Brigade and other emergency services on their progress. The status line and the passage are the Home Office's compilation of what those bodies reported to it; where the passage gives a status for fire and rescue services and a separate one for London Fire Brigade, both are shown as printed.

Site note: The source gives this passage once, for recommendations 33.22e and 33.22f together. The same words are recorded on P1-32 and P1-33.

●Home Office · 20 Mar 2024

The Government has run two public consultations on supporting the evacuation and fire safety of vulnerable residents (which includes disabled residents) in light of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommendations concerning Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs).

The first consultation found substantial difficulties in mandating PEEPs in high-rise residential buildings, focussed on practicality, proportionality and safety.

The Government consulted upon a different package of measures during Summer 2022 – the Emergency Evacuation Information Sharing Plus consultation – and is now considering the responses to this, alongside the responses to its accompanying calls for evidence, and will publish a response in due course.

From: High Rise Flats: Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans

Site note: The source gives this passage once, for the recommendations concerning personal emergency evacuation plans (33.22e and 33.22f) together. The same words are recorded on P1-32 and P1-33.

●Home Office · 5 Feb 2024

Status: In progress

The Government consulted on proposals to address these recommendations in the 2020 Fire Safety consultation, the 2021 PEEPs consultation, and the 2022 Emergency Evacuation Information Sharing Plus (EEIS+) consultation which ran from 18 May to 21 August 2022. The Government is in the process of producing its formal response to the EEIS+ consultation which will lay out, in more detail, how these two recommendations will be addressed. Details of the draft proposals, as consulted upon, can be found here .

From: Progress against the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 recommendations, February 2024

Site note: This is the Home Office's thematic update on progress against the Phase 1 recommendations. Its introduction says it includes updates from the relevant government departments and assurances received from the National Fire Chiefs Council, London Fire Brigade and other emergency services on their progress. The status line and the passage are the Home Office's compilation of what those bodies reported to it; where the passage gives a status for fire and rescue services and a separate one for London Fire Brigade, both are shown as printed.

Site note: The source gives this passage once, for recommendations 33.22e and 33.22f together. The same words are recorded on P1-32 and P1-33.

●Home Office · 18 May 2022

7.3 It was originally intended that the two Inquiry recommendations on Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs) be implemented at the same time as the other legislative recommendations. A consultation on PEEPs ran from 8 June to 19 July 2021 seeking further views on this issue. The Government’s response to this consultation was published on the 18 May 2022 and a further consultation on the Government’s proposals to take forward the PEEPs recommendations has been launched. Due to the close relationship between the Inquiry recommendation on evacuation plans and the Government’s position on PEEPs, this consultation will also look again at the issue of evacuation plans. Once this consultation has ended, the Government will publish its response and next steps; and pass any necessary legislation, in due course.

From: Explanatory Memorandum to the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 (2022 No. 547)

Site note: This is the Home Office's explanatory memorandum to the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, laid before Parliament on 18 May 2022. The regulations came into force on 23 January 2023.

Site note: The source gives this passage once, for the two recommendations on personal emergency evacuation plans (33.22e and 33.22f) together. The same words are recorded on P1-32 and P1-33.

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