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1717717

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance his Department has issued for cladding remediation in Conservation Areas.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	25928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for conservation areas. The Manual to the Building Regulations notes that where the functional requirement of Part B Fire Safety applies to buildings of special architectural or historic interest, local authority building control and conservation officers may be able to advise on how to comply appropriately, if guidance intended for common building situations might prove too restrictive.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 21/05/2024 13:23:05 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1717727

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the number of buildings in which insulation was installed through government-funded grant schemes in which remediation of that insulation is required.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	25934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government does not hold the data on the number of buildings where insulation has been installed through a government funded scheme and subsequently required remediation work.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2019, all installations under government energy efficiency schemes have been required to be carried out by TrustMark registered and PAS 2030 or MCS certified businesses to improve the quality of installations and protect consumers. TrustMark registered installers are required to provide all consumers with a guarantee covering the installation work for up to 25 years for a range of energy efficiency measures.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 21/05/2024 15:11:03 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1684190

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to support residents of buildings with unsafe cladding.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	10902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>All residential buildings above 11 metres in England now have a pathway to fix unsafe cladding, through either a taxpayer-funded scheme or developer-funded scheme; the Government has committed £5.1 billion to remove unsafe cladding from buildings. Five remediation schemes are underway:</p><ul><li>the ACM Cladding Remediation fund: open since 2018 and covers buildings with the most dangerous type of cladding like that on Grenfell;</li><li>the Building Safety Fund: first opened in 2020 for buildings over 18 metres with other forms of unsafe cladding;</li><li>the Cladding Safety Scheme: which was fully opened in July 2023 for buildings between 11 and 18 metres and is also open to new applications for 18m+ buildings outside of London;</li><li>developers have now assumed direct responsibility for remediating all life-critical fire safety defects in more than 1,000 buildings, and;</li><li>social housing providers are working to remediate buildings in their portfolios that require remediation.</li></ul><p>Residents must be at the heart of building safety. This includes the significant and disruptive works required to remediate buildings, with those responsible for the project and works considering residents as a key stakeholder throughout. To that end on 27 July 2023, we published the Code of Practice for the Remediation of Residential Buildings which sets our expectations for all remediation projects. The Code places residents at the heart of remediations projects as the key stakeholder and sets the standard for how we expect all remediation projects to account and deliver for residents.</p><p>As of 31 December 2023, 950 buildings residential buildings over 18 metres in height in England have been deemed eligible for the Building Safety Fund due to the presence of unsafe non-ACM cladding. Of these, 486 (51%) have started or completed remediation and of those 231 (24%) have completed works.</p><p>The then Minister for Housing last met with the FCA on 11 October 2023 and the Secretary of State met the Association of British Insurers on 13 December 2023. We continue to press the insurance industry to launch their scheme, which leaseholders need urgently. The Association of British Insurers released a public update on the scheme on their blog on 19 December 2023.</p><p>In the last 6 months, both the Secretary of State and I have met with the FCA (on 11 October 2023) and the Association of British Insurers (on 18 August 2023, 27 November 2023 and 12 December 2023). The Secretary of State met the Association of British Insurers on 13 December 2023. We continue to press the insurance industry to launch their scheme, which leaseholders need urgently.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 10903 10904 question first answered 30/01/2024 16:41:11 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1661015

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that developers under self-remediation contracts (a) start and (b) complete (i) cladding and (ii) non-cladding remediation projects in a timely manner.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	199825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>Developers who have signed the developer remediation contract are obliged to identify, assess and remediate and/or mitigate buildings as soon as reasonably practicable, and to report to the department on progress quarterly. The department is closely monitoring progress and holding regular discussions with developers to enforce compliance with their contractual obligations. We will not hesitate to act if developers fail to comply with their obligations and will soon publish data about the progress they are making.</p><p>The Government launched a statutory Responsible Actors Scheme in July, which means that developers face significant prohibitions if they fail to comply with their contractual obligations.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 25/09/2023 14:28:26 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1661018

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of launching a pilot building safety remediation scheme for buildings under 11 metres in height.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	199827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government has implemented a risk-based and proportionate approach to regulating safety in residential buildings and in remediating cladding and other building safety defects. In general, the risk to life in lower-rise buildings is low and can be mitigated, for example, by installing fire alarms.</p><p>We are aware of a very small number of buildings under 11 metres where expensive remediation is proposed. We have written to freeholders and managing agents in affected buildings to make sure that any proposed works are necessary and proportionate and the rights to redress are being fully utilised.</p><p>Any leaseholders concerned about works being proposed in their building can seek free information and advice from The Leasehold Advisory Service, funded by the department.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 25/09/2023 14:27:38 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1310248

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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, when the Government plans to publish its response to the consultation on Review of the ban on the use of combustible materials in and on the external walls of buildings.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	183282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>On 20 January 2020 we launched a public consultation including proposals to expand the scope of the in-effect ban of combustible materials in and on the external walls. This also included proposals with regards to laminated glass as well as other exemptions. The consultation closed on the 25 May 2020. We continue to analyse the responses, and will be publishing a Government response to the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 22/04/2021 16:37:26 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1300386

registered interest
date	08/03/2021
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, what estimate he has made of the number of qualified chartered fire engineers that can undertake an EWS1 survey.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	164615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>There are 212 chartered fire engineers registered with the Institution of Fire Engineers and based in the United Kingdom.</p><p>A wider group of professionals can complete EWS1 forms. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors advises that the EWS1 form must be completed by a fully qualified member of a relevant professional body within the construction industry with sufficient expertise to identify the relevant materials within the external wall cladding and attachments.</p><p>To speed up valuations where EWS1 forms are justified, the Government is providing nearly £700,000 funding to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors to train up to 2,000 more assessors in 2021. This training commenced in January and there are over 500 candidates on the course.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 11/03/2021 17:48:13 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1279163

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
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, how much of the £1 billion fund for non-ACM cladding removal has been paid out.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	141604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>The latest Building Safety Fund: Registration Statistics published on 21 January 2021, which includes data on funding allocation, can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fremediation-of-non-acm-buildings%23building-safety-fund-registration-statistics&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBSP_PQ%40communities.gov.uk%7Cc5ae4d117407437272f108d8bee164d4%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637469222547033926%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=dbsvOmq8kMq0EPXCEUJN4yOlV9jDlLcmmkWooFT5YBU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings#building-safety-fund-registration-statistics.</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/01/2021 16:37:12 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 77376 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1276781

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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, if his Department will publish the latest data on the number of public sector buildings where combustible insulation has been identified in England.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	138044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>The Department publishes data on the identification and remediation progress of high-rise residential and publicly owned buildings in England with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet building regulations. The latest data is available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Faluminium-composite-material-cladding%23acm-remediation-data&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBSP_PQ%40communities.gov.uk%7C3281f8e8b06744dc316208d8bbb42a4e%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637465729757102098%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=HK6JOo%2Bj8AJyuzfZZemeSW7TxMnoLMgVWf4tKM0nMlQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/aluminium-composite-material-cladding#acm-remediation-data.</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 19/01/2021 17:12:28 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1255362

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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, what estimate he has made of the proportion of buildings which do not have cladding material as part of the building’s external wall system, by region.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	121004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Data estimating the proportion of high-rise residential buildings in England with little or no cladding can be found in this release: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fbuilding-safety-programme-estimates-of-ews1-requirements-on-residential-buildings-in-england%2Fbuilding-safety-programme-estimates-of-ews1-requirements-on-residential-buildings-in-england&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBSP_PQ%40communities.gov.uk%7C9f8437d1dfc44e0fd1a108d891fee8d5%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637419871293203277%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=zep7t%2BM95FXDQmd%2FaZoNVSlUvlV8hIB4ISPDDZXGC4A%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-estimates-of-ews1-requirements-on-residential-buildings-in-england/building-safety-programme-estimates-of-ews1-requirements-on-residential-buildings-in-england</a>.</p><p>Regional analysis is not available. In time, we will publish appropriate summary information from the External Wall Systems data collection in our monthly Building Safety Programme data release.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 30/11/2020 17:45:18 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury