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758632

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Grenfell Tower: Fires
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 20 July 2017 to Question 4915, whether the Government is still requesting samples of cladding material.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	9597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2017 answer text <p>Testing facilities remain available to private building owners, free of charge.</p><p>The Secretary of State encourages private building owners to submit samples of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding for screening. The screening tests are identifying what kind of ACM is present to ensure we have a complete picture of the private sector.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/09/2017 11:09:51 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

758633

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Grenfell Tower: Fires
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 20 July 2017 to Question 4915, whether the Government sought the advice of the expert panel on fire safety before the original testing of samples of cladding material.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	9598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2017 answer text <p>The decision to commission the screening tests on Aluminium Cladding Material (ACM) samples was made on the basis of advice from independent experts. The Independent Expert Advisory Panel had not been appointed at that time. <br> <br>At their first meeting, the Independent Expert Advisory Panel concluded the initial ACM screening tests, along with issuing advice on interim fire safety measures, were the right first steps to have taken.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/09/2017 11:13:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

758075

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new (a) local authority social lettings and (b) registered social landlord lettings in England were taken up by (i) UK nationals, (ii) EU nationals and (iii) non-EU nationals in (A) 2015-16 and (B) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	9151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is available for 2015/16 from table 3d of the latest National Statistics publication on Social Housing Lettings, based on information collected via CORE (Continuous Recording of Social Housing Lettings and Sales). Information for 2016/17 is expected to be published in Autumn 2017.</p><p>Link to the National Statistics release:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/social-housing-lettings-in-england-april-2015-to-march-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/social-housing-lettings-in-england-april-2015-to-march-2016</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/09/2017 15:19:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

758076

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	Council Housing: Standards
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 improve the building standards of older council stock properties.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	9152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of the local authority as the building owner to ensure that council housing meets relevant standards. The Government has set up a building safety programme to respond to building safety issues which have emerged following the Grenfell Tower fire.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/09/2017 13:02:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

758091

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has put in place to encourage local councils to build new fixed-term social houses with an automatic right-to-buy.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	9143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2017 answer text <p>We want to explore how local authorities can build high quality sustainable communities. We are looking to strike housing deals with councils to support ambitious and innovative plans for additional homes in high demand areas, including pro-development councils that wish to build more council housing. We are making good progress and will announce further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 9142 question first answered 25/09/2017 11:15:58 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

758106

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	Letting Agents: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the Draft Tenants Fees Bill.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	9280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>We plan to publish the Draft Tenants Fees Bill shortly.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/09/2017 13:06:43 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

758107

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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, what estimate he has made of the number of private high-rise residential blocks that have one of the four types of cladding and insulation combinations assessed as non-compliant with building regulations guidance BR135 by local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	9281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>On 5 September 2017, we published consolidated advice for building owners following large-scale testing which can be viewed here:</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 results include private accommodation in two categories: private residential and private student residential.</p><p>The Secretary of State has urged all private owners of similar blocks to submit samples of cladding for testing. He has also asked local authorities to ensure that residents of private sector buildings are safe and has asked them to collect the data on these buildings so that we have a complete picture of the private sector.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/09/2017 13:08:20 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

758110

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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 many social housing blocks have failed the recent fire safety tests co-ordinated by his Department in each local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	9237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>Following the completion of the large-scale system tests, we have published consolidated advice to building owners which contains a summary of the numbers of initial screening tests which have been completed to date by the Building Research Establishment:</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>Where social housing buildings fail the tests, local authorities in England are informing the relevant constituency MP.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/09/2017 13:01:40 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

755616

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	Fire Regulations
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 3 July 2017 to Question HL374, whether an assessment has been made of the extent to which his Department's Approved Document B is effective as a means by which the functional requirements of fire safety may be met.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	7325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government will consider this issue in light of the Independent Review on Building Regulations and Fire Safety, the findings of the Public Inquiry and on going work to review building safety.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/09/2017 13:16:02 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

755641

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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 24 July 2017 to Question 4834, how many of the cladding samples that have been tested would not meet the Department's stated view to meet the Building Regulations requirement.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	6959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>Consolidated advice published on 5 September 2017 sets out the results of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding screening tests and the seven large scale system tests conducted over the summer:</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> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/09/2017 13:14:33 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne