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818592

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the review of fire safety regulations and precautions, which arose from the fire at Lakanal House in south London in 2009, will be published.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lord to my answer of 19 December to PQ HL 1281, following which a note setting out the action the then Government took in response to the coroner's recommendations following the fire at Lakanal House has been placed in the Library of the House.</p><p>I would also refer the Noble Lord to the Secretary of State's statement made on 18 December, which I repeated on the same day. The Government is now working with industry experts to complete work on clarifying the approved documents on fire safety.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 16/01/2018 17:54:42 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

804220

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 7 December (HL3522),  how many high-rise buildings have flammable insulation similar to that used on Grenfell Tower.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to my answer on 7 December (HL3522). In addition, the department published it’s most recent data release on 18 December (attached) which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-monthly-data-release-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-monthly-data-release-december-2017</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 22/12/2017 12:22:09 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name 171222 Building Safety Programme Monthly Data Release December 2017 - HL4041.pdf title Building safety programme data
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

800521

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will make funding available towards the costs levied on leaseholders who are required to remove cladding on grounds of safety as a consequence of the Grenfell Tower disaster; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
uin	117142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer today to Question UIN 114728.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 07/12/2017 15:30:39 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

797379

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been awarded to local authoiities for the improvement of fire safety in their housing stock since the Grenfell Tower disaster.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	116342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Building owners are responsible for funding fire safety measures in their buildings. If a local authority building owner considers a building to be unsafe, they will need to determine what measures are essential to make a building safe, based on expert advice and taking into account any recommendations or advice from the local fire and rescue service.</p><p>Local authorities should draw on existing resources to implement these measures. However, we will consider the removal of financial restrictions for local authorities where these stand in the way of essential work being done.</p><p>36 local authorities have contacted the Department regarding work to ensure fire safety in tower blocks. We have asked 9 of these authorities to provide more detailed information about essential works. So far, 2 authorities have provided this information and my officials are working with them on their requests.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/12/2017 17:02:24 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 26866 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

795697

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have received a) extra borrowing approval and b) the ability to transfer money from the general fund in order to carry out fire safety work on tower blocks.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	116051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>36 local authorities have been in touch with my Department regarding work to ensure fire safety in tower blocks.</p><p>My Department has asked nine local authorities to provide more detailed information about the support they require for essential works. Two of these local authorities have provided this detailed information so far. My officials are working with them on their requests to assess what support we might provide.</p><p>My Department has asked the remaining 25 local authorities to contact us again if they consider a building to be unsafe, once they have deemed what measures are essential to make the building fire-safe. This should be based on expert advice and take into account any recommendations or advice from the local fire and rescue service.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 07/12/2017 17:33:03 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

794204

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many high-rise buildings in England have flammable insulation similar to that in Grenfell Tower; what plans they have, in conjunction with local authorities, to ensure that such insulation is replaced; and over what length of time.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The Metropolitan Police are leading a detailed investigation into the fire at Grenfell Tower and we await the outcome of that. Given the particular concerns around Aluminium Composite Material cladding, our initial priority through the Department's Building Safety Programme has been testing those cladding systems. The large-scale tests of cladding systems with Aluminium Composite Material panels and various types of insulation are now complete and advice on the results was published on 5 September. This advice is available here (attached):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-update-and-consolidated-advice-for-building-owners-following-large-scale-testing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-update-and-consolidated-advice-for-building-owners-following-large-scale-testing</a></p><p>The Expert Panel is considering whether there may be any heightened risks linked to other issues, such as other cladding systems and broader safety issues.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 07/12/2017 17:07:22 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name 171206 Update and consolidated advice for building owners large-scale testing HL3522.pdf title Advice on the Composite Material panels
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

792801

registered interest
date	20/11/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make a financial contribution towards the costs levied on leaseholders who are required to remove cladding on grounds of safety as a consequence of the Grenfell Tower disaster; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
uin	114728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>Those local authorities and Housing Associations with which we are in discussion have indicated that they are choosing not to pass on the costs of interim measures or the remediation of cladding systems to individual flat owners within their buildings. I am clear that this is the right approach.</p><p>For the private sector, it is for the responsible person to take the necessary steps to ensure the safety of residents. In some cases these costs will naturally fall to the freeholder, landlord, or those acting on their behalf. Where they do not, I would urge those with responsibility to follow the lead of the social sector, and some private companies and not to pass on costs to leaseholders.</p><p>I also want to make sure leaseholders can access specialist advice to understand their rights. My Department is providing additional funding to the Leaseholder Advisory Service to provide a dedicated advice and dispute resolution service to those leaseholders affected. This will complement the excellent work being done by the Leasehold Knowledge Partnership, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Leasehold and Common hold reform and other organisations.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 07/12/2017 12:13:46 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

790889

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has plans to test cladding materials used on tower blocks other than aluminium composite material.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	113519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>Given the particular concerns around aluminium composite material cladding, the initial priority was testing those cladding systems. With the large-scale tests now complete and advice on the results published, the Expert Panel is considering whether there may be any heightened risks linked to other issues, such as other cladding systems and broader safety issues.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/11/2017 15:44:11 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

787001

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to implement a policy to encourage or mandate the retro-fitting of sprinklers into high-rise buildings; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	112315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The decision on whether to install sprinklers is a decision for each building owner, to be taken in conjunction with professional advice from appropriate experts about their particular building. Building owners are responsible for funding fire safety measures.</p><p>In 2013, the Department for Communities and Local Government wrote to all local authorities and housing associations, asking them to consider a coroner’s report recommendation that they should consider retro-fitting sprinklers in existing high-rise residential buildings.</p><p>The Government will give further consideration to various issues in light of the findings of the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/11/2017 15:26:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

780411

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2017 to Question 750, on building regulations: fires, when the Government plans to publish the outcome of the review of fire safety guidance as a result of the fire at Lakanal House in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	110353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Coroner’s report into the Lakanal House fire recommended that the fire safety guidance in Approved Document B be reviewed to provide clearer guidance. In February of this year, the Department published a report into the usability of the guidance. The Department has been working on a revision of the guidance in Approved Document B in line with the Plain English principles.</p><p>The Government has subsequently asked Dame Judith Hackitt to lead an independent review of the Building Regulations and fire safety, and will determine what further action is needed in light of her recommendations, which was recommended by the Coroner, following the Lakanal House fire.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 07/11/2017 16:44:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson