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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	Public Buildings: 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 29 June 2017 to Question 588, what (a) number and (b) proportion of public sector buildings where people are (i) required and (ii) not required to sleep overnight have had their cladding tested; and when he expects all such buildings in each group to have been tested.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	2088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 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 a category for public buildings, which includes hospitals and schools. This shows that there were 16 buildings in England with Aluminium Composite Material (ACM), all of which have cladding systems which the Expert Panel advise are unlikely to meet current Building Regulations guidance and therefore present fire hazards on buildings over 18 metres. All government departments have been assessing their estate for high-rise buildings with ACM cladding.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/09/2017 15:07:53 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 1903 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

731841

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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, whether the Government's undertaking to test cladding in high-rise residential tower blocks will extend to other tall buildings including those occupied by (a) hospitals and (b) businesses.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 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.</p><p>We are initiating testing in other 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 ACM cladding and are of a certain height. We will identify further priorities for testing in the coming days.</p><p>All building owners are responsible for ensuring the safety of their buildings.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 29/06/2017 10:07:57 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 377 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

731848

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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 additional fire safety arrangements will be put in place in tall residential tower blocks which may have flammable cladding; and what central Government funding is available to finance such arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department wrote to local authority and housing association landlords on 18 June, setting out immediate actions that should be taken to identify residential tower blocks over 18 metres in height with aluminium type external cladding. The Department wrote again on 19 June to set out the process they should follow to submit samples of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding for testing.</p><p> </p><p>On 30 June, we published a note 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>. This note confirms the advice in those letters to local authorities, with further specific information about the tests being carried out.</p><p> </p><p>On 6 July we published details of further tests to be carried out as the next step in helping landlords to ensure the safety of their buildings. These large scale tests will help establish how different types of ACM panels in combination with different types of insulation behave in a fire. Further detail about the next testing stage can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/expert-panel-recommends-further-tests-on-cladding-and-insulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/expert-panel-recommends-further-tests-on-cladding-and-insulation</a>.</p><p> </p><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><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/07/2017 10:22:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 385 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

731855

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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, (a) how many private rented sector households have approached his Department for advice about the combustibility of their buildings, (b) in how many buildings tested since the Grenfell Tower fire have inflammable materials been identified and (c) what estimate he has made of the number of private rented sector properties that need to be investigated.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The safety of tower block residents is paramount. The Government is asking all landlords of high rise buildings (including those in the private sector) to take action to check cladding and to act on interim safety advice.</p><p>The department has made our government funded testing process available to private residential building owners so that landlords can quickly check the safety of their cladding, take the necessary action and reassure their residents that they are safe in their homes. The department has received over 150 enquiries from private residential building owners about the testing process since the offer of tests was made on 21st June.</p><p>The number of high rise buildings from which cladding samples have failed a combustibility test at the Building Research Establishment is now 190 across 51 local authority areas. The department has not made an estimate of the number of private rented sector properties with Aluminium Composite (ACM) cladding. Private Sector Landlords are responsible for the safety of their buildings. We encourage them to use the testing facilities offered by the government.</p><p /><p><br></p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 04/07/2017 10:16:28 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 387 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson