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746925

registered interest
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	Buildings: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has conducted checks of the type carried out on residential buildings at (a) NHS hospitals, (b) schools, (c) colleges, (d) universities and (e) other public buildings.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	2018
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 hospitals, schools, colleges and universities. 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 to put in place precautionary safety checks and measures. We have set up an expert panel to advise us on any immediate steps that should be taken to ensure fire safety, and we will act on those. The role of the expert panel and the advice already given following Grenfell is set out in a note published last week at:</p><p><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 16:44:22 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

732350

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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 information his Department holds on the number of people rehoused as a result of the Grenfell Tower fire who are facing potential increases in rent; and if he will take steps to ensure that no person has to pay increased rent who has been so rehoused.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>People whose homes were destroyed in the fire will be provided with temporary accommodation at no cost. They will be offered permanent social housing at a social rent. This will mean that their rent will be no higher than their rent in Grenfell Tower, for a similar-sized property.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 28/06/2017 16:52:37 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 606 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
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

731866

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	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, whether money from the Grenfell Tower Residents' Discretionary Fund can be used to fund the legal costs of court challenges for those affected by the fire.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Grenfell Tower Residents’ Discretionary Fund has been set up to meet the urgent needs of residents, but will not cover legal costs. However, the Government has announced that it will be providing an additional fund to meet the costs of providing victims with legal representation at the inquiry. This fund is not legal aid, but legal aid may be available to cover certain other legal costs that residents might face.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/07/2017 10:46:33 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

731870

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 investigations into councils' residential tower blocks will assess the (a) flammability and poisonous elements contained in wall insulation and furniture, (b) operability of fire alarms and (c) whether central stairwells in towers are protected from fire and smoke.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>The tests currently being carried out are focussed on the combustibility of material in cladding made from Aluminium Composite Material. Where those materials have failed that test, housing providers have had instructions to review all fire safety arrangements in the relevant property, and to check insulation and other materials in the wall construction.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 30/06/2017 15:50:35 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

731890

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	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 information his Department holds on whether any survivors of the Grennfell Tower fire who have been made statutory homeless have been declared intentionally homeless by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>No survivors of the fire have been declared intentionally homeless and none will be if they do not accept an offer of temporary accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>As the Secretary of State said on 3 July, we are committed to ensuring that families have a choice, and their wishes and needs are fully taken into account. This statement can be found at <a href="http://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-07-03/debates/AC706A82-B504-4E3B-9797-85F6B2F20295/GrenfellTower" target="_blank">http://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-07-03/debates/AC706A82-B504-4E3B-9797-85F6B2F20295/GrenfellTower</a></p><p> </p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/07/2017 10:27:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

731409

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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, how many survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have reported to Kensington and Chelsea Council as homeless; and how many of those people are now in temporary accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	66
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>All those whose homes were destroyed in the fire, who have approached services for assistance have been provided with emergency hotel accommodation. Housing Needs Assessments have been conducted with 138 households and suitable temporary accommodation is currently being identified for them until such time as permanent social housing can be offered<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 148 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:04:10 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

731410

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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, with reference to his predecessor's letter of 20 May 2013 to the Coroner investigating the Lakanal House fire incident, what steps were taken to simplify the language in Approved Document B.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	67
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Coroner’s report into Lakanal House recommended simplifying the fire safety guidance relating to Building Regulations (Approved Document B). This work was being progressed.</p><p>Following the tragedy at Grenfell Tower, we will need to consider the position on guidance further alongside the Prime Minister’s commitment to look at wider issues. This work will now need to be informed by any recommendations that the independent inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire makes.</p><p>In the interim, we have set up an expert panel to advise us on any immediate steps that should be taken to ensure fire safety. The role of the expert panel and the advice already given following Grenfell is set out in a note published last week at:</p><p><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 06/07/2017 14:53:46 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson