To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether Part M of the Building Regulations applies to extensions built on houses; and if she will make a statement on the rules on accessibility for people with disabilities to house extensions applied by her Department. (143688)

Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations 2000, as amended by the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2692), states, for Part M,

“The requirements of this Part do not apply to ... an extension of ... a dwelling”.

Accessibility for people with disabilities to house extensions is therefore a matter for the householder, not for Government.