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746299

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
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	Rented Housing: Electrical Safety
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 make electrical safety checks in rented homes mandatory after the working group set up by his Department under the Housing and Planning Act 2016 completes its work.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	1801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Following Royal Assent of the Housing and Planning Act 2016, a Working Group of relevant experts was established to provide recommendations to ministers on what, if any, legislative requirements for electrical safety in the private rented sector should be introduced. The Working Group has concluded and their report and recommendations are being considered.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/07/2017 15:25:47 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 1425 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

733000

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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	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 changes have been made to standard fire safety tests conducted on external cladding since the Grenfell Tower fire.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	1318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>A note explaining the government building safety programme, including an explanation of the methodology being used by the Building Research Establishment to test samples of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding, has been published 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 04/07/2017 15:29:19 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 1410 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

733021

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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	Private Rented Housing: 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 steps he is taking to survey and test external cladding on private sector accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	1495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Testing in residential tower blocks is well underway. Local authorities and housing associations have been instructed to submit samples of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding for testing. We have also alerted owners, landlords and managers of private sector residential blocks, and made the testing facility available to them at no cost. We are working closely with landlords, local authorities and the fire and rescue services to determine the best course of action for any block of flats - including private residential blocks - determined to have ACM.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/07/2017 15:22:34 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 1419 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

733032

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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: 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 safety tests are being conducted on non-domestic public high-rise buildings.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	1485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>We have initiated testing in priority buildings across the public sector, including NHS Trust and Foundation Trust buildings. We are prioritising testing on buildings where people sleep overnight, which have Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding and are of a certain height. We will identify further priorities for testing in the coming days.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/07/2017 15:27:57 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 1418 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

733056

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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	Fire Resistant Materials
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 he is taking to ensure that all building materials used in schools, hospitals, care homes, prisons and other public facilities with vulnerable inhabitants are tested for fire resistance.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	1534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>We have initiated testing in priority buildings across the public sector, including schools, hospitals, care homes and prisons. We are prioritising testing on buildings where people sleep overnight, which have Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding and are of a certain height. Where appropriate, organisations are working with the fire and rescue service locally to put in place precautionary safety checks and measures. We have appointed an expert panel to advise on further immediate steps which should be taken, including checking other materials.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/07/2017 15:27:23 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 1422 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

733079

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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	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 financial support the Government plans to provide to local authorities who have evacuated residents from buildings following the failure of aluminium composite material tests.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	1426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>It is the landlord’s responsibility to ensure that people are safe through funding fire safety improvements. 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 09:43:51 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 1411 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

733089

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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	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, what translation services are provided in each of the relief centres related to the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	1433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Translation services are provided by the local authorities that manage the Westway Assistance Centre, using existing contracted providers.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/07/2017 15:26:34 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 1414 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

733091

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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	Tenants: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information he holds on policies of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on compensating council tenants for loss of belongings.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	1434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has made available a £5 million Grenfell Tower Residents Discretionary Fund to help meet the immediate needs of those affected. Each family whose home was destroyed is receiving a £5,500 payment from the emergency fund so they can buy food, clothes and other essentials. We are also paying all additional adults over 16 in these households £500 in cash. Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is making additional payments to those affected on a case by case basis, for example to those whose home has been severely impacted but not permanently destroyed.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/07/2017 15:00:42 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 1415 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

733096

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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	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 financial support the Government plans to provide to residents affected by forced evacuations from buildings that fail aluminium composite materials tests.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	1438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>If evacuation is required it will be the responsibility of the landlord to make the necessary arrangements to support residents. 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 09:42:39 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 1417 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

732632

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: Hornsey and Wood Green
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on residential tower blocks in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency which are clad in flammable substances.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	1043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The testing process for samples of cladding is underway. The landlords for all the affected buildings are expected to take action to inform tenants and implement the interim measures set out in guidance sent by the department on 22 June. We will name the area for each building that has failed the test once they have informed local residents. All Members will be informed by the local authority if any sites are in their constituency.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/07/2017 15:20:34 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 889 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West