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1138477

registered interest
date	11/07/2019
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: 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 the National Fire Chiefs Council or his Department's Independent Expert Panel have been invited to witness the large-scale fire safety tests commissioned by his Department in July 2019.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	276199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>Members of the National Fire Chiefs Council and the Independent Expert Advisory Panel were invited.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 17/07/2019 15:40:31 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 129427 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

1138505

registered interest
date	11/07/2019
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: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2019 to Question 274551 on Buildings: Fire Prevention, what steps leaseholders are able to take in the event of being presented with high charges for non-cladding fire safety remedial work.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	276200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has made it clear that building owners should protect leaseholders from bearing the costs of remediation.</p><p>Specialist advice for help to understand leaseholders’ rights can be accessed through the Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE). The Government has allocated additional funding to LEASE to provide independent, free, initial advice to leaseholders on building safety issues to ensure they are aware of their rights and are supported to understand the terms of their leases. More information on LEASE, including how to contact them for advice, is available here: <a href="https://www.lease-advice.org/" target="_blank">https://www.lease-advice.org/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 17/07/2019 15:37:59 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 129426 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

1137637

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
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: 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 has made an estimate of the number of leaseholders in England who have been asked to pay for fire safety remediation works other than cladding remediation.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	274550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>MHCLG does not hold comprehensive data on leaseholders who have been asked to pay for fire safety remediation works. The Government has made it clear that building owners should protect leaseholders from bearing the costs of remediation.</p><p>Government intervention to provide funding for the removal of unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding is wholly exceptional. It is based on the unparalleled fire risk ACM poses, very real public safety concerns and the abject failure of many building owners to do the right thing by their residents. <br> <br>Government intervention does not remove responsibility for overall building safety from the building owner and if other fire safety risks are uncovered, they must remedy them, or potentially face enforcement action from the local authority.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 274551 question first answered 11/07/2019 13:44:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1137645

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
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: 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, what his Department's policy is on leaseholders being liable to pay for remedial fire safety works other than cladding remediation.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	274551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>MHCLG does not hold comprehensive data on leaseholders who have been asked to pay for fire safety remediation works. The Government has made it clear that building owners should protect leaseholders from bearing the costs of remediation.</p><p>Government intervention to provide funding for the removal of unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding is wholly exceptional. It is based on the unparalleled fire risk ACM poses, very real public safety concerns and the abject failure of many building owners to do the right thing by their residents. <br> <br>Government intervention does not remove responsibility for overall building safety from the building owner and if other fire safety risks are uncovered, they must remedy them, or potentially face enforcement action from the local authority.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 274550 question first answered 11/07/2019 13:44:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed