Lifts: Wheelchairs
Commons · Question 30080 · Tabled 10 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislation to allow wheelchair users who have been (a) trapped insider their homes or (b) left outside to claim compensation from freeholders for lift
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 18 Feb 2025
The government recognises the importance to wheelchair users of having properly functioning lifts in residential blocks.Landlords are responsible for maintaining lifts and for carrying out periodic thorough inspections to ensure those lifts operate safely...