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747127

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2017
	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: Insulation
	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 provide councils with sufficient resources to (a) conduct cladding inspections on blocks over seven storeys and (b) remove unsafe cladding.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	2346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is meeting the costs of the tests required on buildings identified to have Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding, although the initial costs of inspections falls to local authorities. Where works are necessary to ensure the fire safety of a building, we will ensure that lack of financial resources will not prevent them going ahead.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/07/2017 16:40:16 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

746804

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	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: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential increase in heating costs for residents living in high-rise blocks from which cladding has been removed.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	2140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>No assessment has been made at this stage. The priority is on testing samples of cladding, as set out in a note published last week at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/07/2017 15:07:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

732674

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	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: Insulation
	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 intends to offer additional funding to local authorities to enable them to remove cladding that is deemed unsafe from housing blocks.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	1132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Where work is necessary to ensure the fire safety of social housing, we will ensure that lack of financial resources will not prevent it going ahead.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/07/2017 09:37:32 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

747659

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	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: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department is giving to local authorities on the removal of cladding from high-rise buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	2450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>On the 30 June 2017, we published a note that sets out the immediate actions that landlords should be taking if it is determined that the insulation with Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) is unlikely to be compliant with current Building Regulations guidance. That note can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/07/2017 16:20:59 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

748591

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	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: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what role building control officers have in relation to inspecting the installation of external wall insulation or cladding systems on multi-storey buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	3061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>Building control officers and Approved Inspectors are required to take all reasonable steps to satisfy themselves that building work meets all relevant requirements in the Building Regulations. This duty applies equally to the installation of external wall insulation and cladding on tall buildings and building control officers would have the opportunity to consider the plans for the work and to inspect it. Building control officers also have powers to take samples of and test building materials where they consider it necessary to do so.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 13/07/2017 15:23:53 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

749311

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	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: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the safe installation of cladding or external wall insulation on high-rise buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	3423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of people carrying out building work to ensure compliance with the Building Regulations. As well as requirements relating to fire safety (Schedule 1 of the Building Regulations, Part B), requirements relating to structures (Part A), resistance to moisture (Part C) and conservation of fuel and power (Part L) will be relevant. Building owners should take account of all these considerations when planning work on external wall surfaces.</p><p>On 30 June, we published a note covering the Government Building Safety Programme at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing</a></p><p>That note makes clear that if a landlord chooses to take down and replace cladding, care should be taken to consider the impact that removal may have on the other wall elements, especially insulation, and therefore on the overall fire integrity of the building as well as other Building Regulation requirements.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 13/07/2017 15:41:13 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

749310

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	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: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what reports his Department has received of incidents of cladding coming away from external walls on high-risk buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	3422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department has been made aware of an incident where cladding came away from high rise buildings but which did not result in injury. The Department is following this up with relevant bodies.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/07/2017 13:33:22 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

747142

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2017
	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: Insulation
	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 issue urgent guidance on what are acceptable replacement materials for the multi-storey blocks that have had cladding removed.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	2261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Building Regulations and supporting guidance set out the requirements for external walls in relation to fire safety. Advice to all building control bodies was published on 14 July, which highlighted the key Building Regulations' guidance requirements when cladding work on high rise buildings over 18 metres tall is undertaken. That note can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ensure-that-recladding-work-meets-building-regulations-advises-expert-panel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ensure-that-recladding-work-meets-building-regulations-advises-expert-panel</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/07/2017 15:16:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

747144

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2017
	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: Insulation
	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 plans to require formal planning for all proposals involving cladding.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	2262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Generally the installation of cladding will be development that requires planning permission. There may be circumstances where the external appearance of the building is not materially altered where planning permission is not required, depending on the scale of the operation, but this is a matter for each local planning authority to determine in the first instance.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/07/2017 16:54:35 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

752872

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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: Insulation
	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 13 July 2017 to Question 3059, how many health and safety assessments on cladding and external wall insulation systems have been carried out by the Health and Safety Executive on buildings over 18 metres high in the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	5348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive has not undertaken any health and safety assessments on cladding and external wall insulation systems on buildings over 18 metres high in the last four years.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/07/2017 14:49:34 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick