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1137200

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date	05/07/2019
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, with reference to the letter from his Department cited in the 3 July 2019 InsideHousing article entitled, Check cladding on buildings under 18m - government tells building control, whether his Department is directing building control to check the safety of cladding on all buildings including those already constructed.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	273797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>On 1 July my Department issued a circular letter to remind building control bodies of considerations relating to assessing compliance with requirement B4 of Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations 2010 with regard to fire spread over the external walls of a building and, in particular, the application of that requirement to low-rise buildings. The letter relates to building work controlled by the building regulations and imposes no new duties on local authorities. The Circular letter is available on the Department's website at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcircular-letter-regarding-the-application-of-requirement-b4-of-the-building-regulations-2010&amp;data=02%7C01%7CBSPBriefings%40communities.gov.uk%7Ca9c18879b18845b72e1808d70440b473%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C636982548265522165&amp;sdata=DK2UEigMM5CSx%2FxBdjMN%2Fj%2BSGtMwkk4SO6xZ30zqruM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/circular-letter-regarding-the-application-of-requirement-b4-of-the-building-regulations-2010</a>.</p><p>For buildings already constructed we have also published a series of Advice Notes for building owners in regard to fire safety at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fthe-building-safety-programme%23advice-notes&amp;data=02%7C01%7CBSPBriefings%40communities.gov.uk%7Ca9c18879b18845b72e1808d70440b473%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C636982548265532160&amp;sdata=%2BMoWZykn9LXBFWc7bEqwZZpQ7isP4VurXcQm%2BEiakoo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-building-safety-programme#advice-notes</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 273798 question first answered 10/07/2019 15:53:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1137201

registered interest
date	05/07/2019
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, with reference to the letter from his Department cited in the 3 July 2019 InsideHousing article entitled Check cladding on buildings under 18m - government tells building control, if his Department will provide local authorities with additional resources to check the safety of cladding within their geographical area.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	273798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>On 1 July my Department issued a circular letter to remind building control bodies of considerations relating to assessing compliance with requirement B4 of Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations 2010 with regard to fire spread over the external walls of a building and, in particular, the application of that requirement to low-rise buildings. The letter relates to building work controlled by the building regulations and imposes no new duties on local authorities. The Circular letter is available on the Department's website at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcircular-letter-regarding-the-application-of-requirement-b4-of-the-building-regulations-2010&amp;data=02%7C01%7CBSPBriefings%40communities.gov.uk%7Ca9c18879b18845b72e1808d70440b473%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C636982548265522165&amp;sdata=DK2UEigMM5CSx%2FxBdjMN%2Fj%2BSGtMwkk4SO6xZ30zqruM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/circular-letter-regarding-the-application-of-requirement-b4-of-the-building-regulations-2010</a>.</p><p>For buildings already constructed we have also published a series of Advice Notes for building owners in regard to fire safety at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fthe-building-safety-programme%23advice-notes&amp;data=02%7C01%7CBSPBriefings%40communities.gov.uk%7Ca9c18879b18845b72e1808d70440b473%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C636982548265532160&amp;sdata=%2BMoWZykn9LXBFWc7bEqwZZpQ7isP4VurXcQm%2BEiakoo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-building-safety-programme#advice-notes</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 273797 question first answered 10/07/2019 15:53:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1134143

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
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 Answer of 6 June 2019 to Question 259244 on Buildings: Insulation, whether the BS 8414 test of a High Pressure Laminate cladding system has been carried out; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	268565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The Large scale BS 8414 test including Class B-s1,d0 High Pressure Laminate panels with stone wool insulation was carried out on the 11 July 2019 and the test report is now available online.</p><p>This was announced in the Written Minsiterial Statement on 18 July HCWS1757 that can be found here: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2019-07-18/HCWS1757/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2019-07-18/HCWS1757/</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/07/2019 15:18:37 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 125805 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed