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1174070

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what specific steps they are taking to ensure that students living in blocks with aluminium composite material cladding which does not comply with safety regulations are aware of the dangers of such cladding.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	uin	HL841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Building owners are responsible for building safety. The Government has worked closely with local authorities and Fire and Rescue Services to ensure that interim safety measures are in place in all high-rise student accommodation buildings with unsafe ACM cladding, until the cladding is replaced. We have regular engagement with a named contact from each building to ensure progress with remediation is being made. Further delay from building owners is unacceptable and their buildings must be made safe as soon as possible . Where building owners are failing to make acceptable progress, those responsible should expect further action to be taken – including naming and shaming and enforcement.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 11/02/2020 17:07:57 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1174075

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Mobility Scooters
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the capacity of planning legislation to allow for the assessment of (1) the potential increase of mobility scooter use, and (2) any increase in risk to users of mobility scooters and others arising out of that increase, due to the building of care properties.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that applications for development should address the needs of people with disabilities and reduced mobility in relation to all modes of transport, and that developments should create places that are safe, inclusive and accessible. These policies should ensure that when considering planning applications, such as the building of care properties, local authorities take account of the needs of all users, including users of mobility scooters, and satisfy their obligations under the equalities legislation.</p><p>The department's officials have been working closely with officials at DfT to produce planning practice guidance on sustainable transport and accessibility which will be published shortly, and will sit alongside the National Design Guide which provides guidance on designing movement networks that are safe and accessible for all.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 11/02/2020 16:05:02 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1174077

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Care Homes: Fire Regulations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for a statutory maximum height for care homes to enable reasonable escape provisions in the event of fires, particularly taking into account the prevalence of (1) reduced mobility, and (2) dementia, of such residents.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>On 18 December, the Government published, a call for evidence to form the basis for a technical review of Approved Document B (Fire Safety). Paragraphs 35 to 36 address the issue of means of escape for disabled people. The call for evidence closed on 15 March 2019 and the Department published in September 2019 an analysis of the responses to the call for evidence which is available (attached) at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/technical-review-of-approved-document-b-of-the-building-regulations-a-call-for-evidence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/technical-review-of-approved-document-b-of-the-building-regulations-a-call-for-evidence</a></p><p>The Secretary of State announced in his letter to the House on 20 January 2020 that he will set out detailed plans for the full technical review of fire safety guidance in February, including a review of means of escape for disabled people.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 11/02/2020 17:08:58 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name 200211 Analysis of responses to the call for Evidence - HL848.pdf title Call for evidence
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath