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1140804

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date	22/07/2019
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, whether Class B High Pressure Laminate cladding with combustible insulation can be reused on a building in the event that the combustible insulation is replaced.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	280244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department published in April 2019 a Frequently asked Question on the Government website one of which answer the question “How do the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2018 affect buildings undergoing remediation?”</p><p>The requirement is that building work on such buildings must be carried out so that only materials which achieve European Classification A1 or A2-s1, d0 become part of an external wall or specified attachment (as defined in regulation 2) unless covered by one of the exemptions in the regulations.</p><p>This means that materials which are already part of the external wall, or are existing specified attachments, and are not becoming part of the wall are not covered by the ban (unless there is a change of use). However, during this process care must be taken to ensure that the building is no less compliant in relation to building regulation requirements than before the work was carried out (e.g. cavity barrier).</p><p>The full list of frequently asked questions is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-amendment-regulations-2018-frequently-asked-questions/building-amendment-regulations-2018-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-amendment-regulations-2018-frequently-asked-questions/building-amendment-regulations-2018-frequently-asked-questions</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 25/07/2019 07:15:28 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1141009

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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 Ministerial Statement, Building safety update, HCWS1757, whether his Department plans to (a) commission large scale fire tests on or (b) issue advice on B-rated and D-rated timber cladding following the BS 8414 test result on high pressure laminate cladding and combustible insulation.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	280291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Independent Expert Advisory Panel (IEAP) has issued some advice to building owners with regards to non-Aluminium Composite Material cladding material the advice note is available at the following: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf</a></p><p>The Department has currently no plan to commission a large scale test of timber cladding.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 25/07/2019 07:15:06 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1141112

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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	Building Regulations: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department's technical review of the Building Regulations statutory guidance on fire safety (Approved Document B) will include a review of the regulations covering the self storage industry.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	280352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The statutory guidance on fire safety (Approved Document B) does already provide some provisions for self storage units.</p><p>The technical review of Approved Document B will be wide ranging and will cover all of the guidance in the document. We published a call for evidence which ended on 15 March 2019, we are currently analysing the results and will publish a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 25/07/2019 07:14:43 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1140543

registered interest
date	19/07/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2019 to Question 268565 on Buildings: Insulation, if his Department will publish video footage of the BS 8414 test or tests on high pressure laminate cladding carried out on his Department's behalf by the Fire Protection Association.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	279428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department published on 18 July 2019 the test report and classification report. These reports contain the data gathered during the test as well as photographs taken before, during and after the test. This provides fuller information on the test than video footage.</p><p>These are available at : <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-test-report-mhclg-bs-8414-hpl" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-test-report-mhclg-bs-8414-hpl</a></p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 24/07/2019 16:37:21 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1140291

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
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 Written Statement of 18 July 2019, on HCWS1757 on Building safety update, for what reasons his Department's data collection exercise is not covering high risk buildings other than residential blocks.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	279064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The data collection exercise launched on 18 July 2019 is part of an ongoing programme of work to enable the Department to build a more complete picture of high-rise residential buildings and the variety of external wall systems in use Government is collecting data on all external wall systems. The Government is collecting data on all external wall systems on residential buildings 18 metres and above, covering private and social (both local authority and housing association) stock, hotels and student accommodation. The data exercise is structured in such a way that additional questions could be added in the future if this would develop our data set to support this work. <br> <br> There remains a duty for those responsible for buildings to maintain safety of a premises (so far as the requirements are under their control) under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order and the Housing Act.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/07/2019 15:31:54 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed