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1027239

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
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	High Rise Flats: Emergency Exits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require at least two staircases offering alternative means of escape in all new multiple occupancy residential high-rise buildings.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	202808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2018 answer text <p>The call for evidence on a technical review of Approved Document B was published on 18 December and can be found on-line at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/technical-review-of-approved-document-b-of-the-building-regulations-a-call-for-evidence" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/consultations/technical-review-of-approved-document-b-of-the-building-regulations-a-call-for-evidence</a>.</p><p>The call for evidence expressly seeks evidence on means of escape in high rise residential buildings.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/12/2018 10:13:02 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1027277

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
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	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Statement of 29 November 2018 on Grenfell Update, Official Report HCWS1126, if he will extend the ban on the use of combustible materials on new high-rise buildings to (a) hotels and (b) office blocks.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	202827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The ban on the use of combustible materials will apply to the external walls of all new buildings above 18 metres that contain flats. This is because the majority of fire related fatalities occur in ‘dwellings’ (76 per cent of fire related fatalities from 2010/11 to 2017/18). The ban will also apply to the external walls of new hospitals, residential care premises and student accommodation and dormitories in boarding schools over 18 metres following strong support for the ban to apply to these types of buildings.</p><p>The ban on the use of combustible materials is being focused on buildings where the risks are greatest. The external walls of high rise hotels, offices and other buildings outside the scope of the ban will still be required to adequately resist the spread of fire to meet the requirements of the Building Regulations.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/12/2018 12:09:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1027342

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
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	Help to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people in each parliamentary constituency have benefitted from the Help to Buy scheme in each year since the launch of that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	202773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>Data from 01 April 2013 to Sept 2017 is available on the OpenData website:</p><p><a href="http://opendatacommunities.org/slice?dataset=http%3A%2F%2Fopendatacommunities.org%2Fdata%2Fhousing-market%2Fhelp-to-buy%2Fnum-loans%2Floan-type&amp;http%3A%2F%2Fopendatacommunities.org%2Fdef%2Fontology%2Fhousing-market%2Fhelp-to-buy%2Fnum-loans%2FloanType=http%3A%2F%2Fopendatacommunities.org%2Fdef%2Fconcept%2Fhousing-market%2Fhelp-to-buy%2Fnum-loans%2Floan-type%2FequityLoans" target="_blank">http://opendatacommunities.org/slice?dataset=http%3A%2F%2Fopendatacommunities.org%2Fdata%2Fhousing-market%2Fhelp-to-buy%2Fnum-loans%2Floan-type&amp;http%3A%2F%2Fopendatacommunities.org%2Fdef%2Fontology%2Fhousing-market%2Fhelp-to-buy%2Fnum-loans%2FloanType=http%3A%2F%2Fopendatacommunities.org%2Fdef%2Fconcept%2Fhousing-market%2Fhelp-to-buy%2Fnum-loans%2Floan-type%2FequityLoans</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/12/2018 14:28:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1024710

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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 Market
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to increase the strength of the housing market.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	202041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Government has set out a long term and comprehensive strategy to make the housing market work for everyone; including to release more land for homes where people want to live; build the homes we need faster; get more people building more of the kind of homes people want; as well as support people who need help now</p><p>We have acted to make our housing market work better, including:</p><ul><li>planning reforms to ensure more land is available for housing and maximise the potential of our cities and towns to build new homes whilst protecting the Green Belt;</li><li>launching Homes England, bringing together money, expertise, planning and compulsory purchase powers;</li><li>lifting Housing Revenue Account borrowing caps so local authorities can deliver a new generation of council housing;</li><li>Providing more than £15 billion of new financial support over the next five years, taking total financial support to at least £44 billion to 2022/2023, which will boost the delivery of housing and use funds flexibly to unblock the barriers to more housebuilding;</li><li>publishing a Green Paper which sets out a new deal for social housing in England;</li><li>measures to rebalance the relationship between tenants and landlords to deliver a fairer, good quality and more affordable private rented sector;</li><li>and reforms to make sure the leasehold system in England is fair and transparent to the consumer.</li></ul><p>Taken together, our reforms will help create, fund and drive a fairer housing market that delivers 300,000 homes a year on average by the mid-2020s.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/12/2018 17:39:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1025294

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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	High Rise Flats: Fire Extinguishers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have contacted his Department to request financial support or flexibility for the retrofitting of sprinklers in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	202320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>In May, the Prime Minister announced that the Government would fully fund the removal and replacement of unsafe Aluminium Composite Material cladding systems on social residential buildings 18 metres and over owned by councils and housing associations. MHCLG is allocating £248 million to replace cladding on 135 buildings.</p><p>We will also provide financial flexibilities for local authorities who need to undertake other essential fire safety work, including retrofitting sprinklers where these are considered to be essential, but the Government is not providing funding for this work. Forty-four local authorities have contacted the department to discuss their options for funding fire safety work, including sprinklers, for buildings they own. To date none have opted to take advantage of the flexibilities available.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 202321 question first answered 19/12/2018 15:45:56 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1025295

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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	High Rise Flats: Fire Extinguishers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding per council the Government has provided for the retrofitting of sprinklers in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will list the councils that have received such funding.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	202321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>In May, the Prime Minister announced that the Government would fully fund the removal and replacement of unsafe Aluminium Composite Material cladding systems on social residential buildings 18 metres and over owned by councils and housing associations. MHCLG is allocating £248 million to replace cladding on 135 buildings.</p><p>We will also provide financial flexibilities for local authorities who need to undertake other essential fire safety work, including retrofitting sprinklers where these are considered to be essential, but the Government is not providing funding for this work. Forty-four local authorities have contacted the department to discuss their options for funding fire safety work, including sprinklers, for buildings they own. To date none have opted to take advantage of the flexibilities available.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 202320 question first answered 19/12/2018 15:45:56 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1025307

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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	High Rise Flats: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) private sector and (b) social sector high-rise buildings where (i) aluminium composite material cladding has been removed in the last 12 months and (ii) removal of that cladding is planned by March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	202324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>This information is currently published in the Building Safety Programme monthly data release.</p><p>160 social sector and 272 private sector high-rise residential buildings with combinations of Aluminium Composite Material cladding and insulation which are unlikely to meet current building regulations have been identified since June 2017. Of these buildings, 34 social sector and 29 private sector buildings have been fully remediated – as of 30 November 2018. Remediation work has started for a further 82 Social sector buildings, 18 Private sector buildings, and 2 other publicly-owned buildings (one school and one hospital). Additionally, remediation plans are in place for 41 social sector buildings, 108 private sector buildings, and 5 publicly-owned buildings.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 19/12/2018 16:19:50 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1025325

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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	High Rise Flats: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the use of expanded polystyrene insulation in external wall insulation systems on new high-rise residential buildings is still permitted under Fire safety Approved Document B as amended in November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	202310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The ban on combustible materials will apply to external walls in new buildings, or those undergoing building work, which have a storey at least 18 metres above ground level and contain one or more dwellings, an institution, or a room for residential purposes (excluding any room in a hostel, hotel or a boarding house). It requires that all materials which become part of an external wall or specified attachment achieve European Class A2-s1, d0 or Class A1, other than those components which are exempted. We are not aware of any expanded polystyrene insulation products that would meet the Class A2-S1, d0 or Class A1 classifications and insulation materials are not exempted from this requirement. As such, current polystyrene insulation products could not be used in buildings within scope of the ban.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 19/12/2018 16:20:27 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1025326

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department considered the safety implications of the production of toxic smoke in determining the scope of the ban on combustible materials.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	202311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government has used the European system for classifying the combustibility of materials to set the threshold for the ban on the use of combustible materials in the external walls of buildings covered by the ban. The European classification system measures smoke obscuration, though not toxicity. The ban requires that all materials which become part of an external wall or specified attachment achieve European Class A2-s1, d0 or Class A1, other than those covered by exemptions. This means that materials are classified by smoke production as well as combustibility and production of droplets. These classifications impose the maximum possible restriction on smoke production.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 19/12/2018 14:26:11 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1025331

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the health and safety risks of toxic smoke from cladding, insulation and other building materials in fires in (a) schools and (b) hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	202312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government has used the European system for classifying the combustibility of materials to set the threshold for the ban on the use of combustible materials in the external walls of buildings covered by the ban. The European classification system measures smoke obscuration, though not toxicity. The ban requires that all materials which become part of an external wall or specified attachment achieve European Class A2-s1, d0 or Class A1, other than those covered by exemptions. This means that materials are classified by smoke production as well as combustibility and production of droplets. These classifications impose the maximum possible restriction on smoke production.</p><p>In addition, the Department for Education has also committed to ensuring that new school buildings, over 18 metres, built as part of their centrally delivered build programmes will not use combustibles materials in the external walls, in line with the terms of the ban.</p><p>The Department for Education’s guidance on schools (BB100) and guidance provided to NHS (Firecode) on fire safety contains detailed information on how to control the risks of fire and its associated hazards, by prevention, containment, and alert.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 19/12/2018 16:00:45 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed