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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-06-21more like thismore than 2017-06-21
answering body
Department for Communities and Local Government remove filter
answering dept id 7 more like this
answering dept short name Communities and Local Government more like this
answering dept sort name Communities and Local Government more like this
hansard heading Rented Housing: Fire Hazards remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit the use of polystyrene ceiling tiles in rented accommodation. more like this
tabling member constituency Easington more like this
tabling member printed
Grahame Morris more like this
uin 370 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-10more like thismore than 2017-07-10
answer text <p>Under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System, older polystyrene ceiling tiles that are identified in rented accommodation inspections as being a fire risk, can be subject to an Improvement Notice served by the Local Authority, requiring their removal. Failure to comply with an improvement Notice is a criminal offence, for which local authorities can impose a financial penalty of up to £30,000 or prosecute in the courts which have the power to impose an unlimited fine.</p><p>Unmodified polystyrene ceiling tiles do not comply with Building Regulations guidance , and so any new build home or other building should not be using them.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Reading West more like this
answering member printed Alok Sharma more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-07-10T14:49:45.117Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-10T14:49:45.117Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma more like this
tabling member
3973
label Biography information for Grahame Morris more like this