Construction Products Reform White Paper

Overview

The Grenfell Tower tragedy in June 2017 led to a devastating loss of life and laid bare systemic failures in the mechanisms designed to safeguard homes and the built environment. The tragedy revealed a pervasive crisis in the United Kingdom’s construction products regulatory system.

Construction products are a foundational element of the built environment. The Grenfell Tower Inquiry, alongside independent reviews by Dame Judith Hackitt and Paul Morrell OBE and Anneliese Day KC, revealed a construction products regulatory system that demonstrably failed to safeguard public safety. Unethical manufacturers were able to exploit systemic weaknesses with appalling consequences at Grenfell, and for the thousands of people who have found themselves in homes clad with unsafe materials. There is a compelling case for fundamental and system-wide reform.

We published the Construction Products Reform Green Paper in February 2025, alongside the government response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report. The Construction Products Reform White Paper responds to the green paper consultation and confirms an ambitious programme of reforms that are essential for public safety, critical to unlocking long-term investment and economic growth, reducing trade friction and boosting productivity, and to the delivery of high-quality homes, other buildings and infrastructure.

Survey Information 

There are 11 consultation questions and 9 ‘About You’ questions. This consultation will last for 12 weeks from the 25th February 2026 until 20th May 2026.

You should read the white paper before answering the consultation questions. The Construction Products Reform White Paper can be found at the following GOV.UK page: Construction Products Reform White Paper - GOV.UK

This consultation is being published alongside the Consultation on the General Safety Requirement for Construction Products. To read this consultation in full, please click on this link: avaliable here on GOV.UK.

To respond to the Consultation on the General Safety Requiremnet for Construction Products please click this link: avaliable here on Citizen Space. 

Privacy Notice

Responses to this consultation will be retained for 2 years. This does not apply to any personal data which is governed by the privacy notice below.

For further information on how the information you provide will be used, please read the data protection annex (Annex E) within the Construction Products Reform White Paper: Data Protection Annex - GOV.UK

AI Privacy Notice

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) may appoint a ‘data processor’, acting on behalf of the Department and under our instruction, to help analyse the responses to this consultation. Where we do, we will ensure that the processing of your personal data remains in strict accordance with the requirements of the data protection legislation.

MHCLG will take reasonable and proportionate steps to remove personal data from the consultation responses before using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool. The AI tool processes data securely and does not copy or share data. The data will only be accessed and used by those authorised to do so.

The AI tool identifies themes present in the responses. The draft themes are reviewed and agreed by a policy team before the tool then maps responses to the themes to be used by policy teams to analyse the consultation. MHCLG will take steps to check for accuracy and identify and reduce bias.

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