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1041373

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date	14/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the number of fires involving buildings below 18 metres in height that were (i) clad and (ii) insulated with combustible building materials in each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	208263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office do not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 25/01/2019 15:42:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1041470

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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: 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 Written Statement on 29 November 2018 on Grenfell update, HCWS1126, how much money his Department has allocated to support local authorities in undertaking emergency remedial work to remediate unsafe aluminium composite material cladding.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	208285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government is providing funding so that local authorities and housing associations can focus their efforts on making their buildings safe without impacting negatively on other services, improvements to housing quality or new supply.</p><p>We have committed to funding fully the removal and replacement of dangerous Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding on residential social housing buildings over 18 metres owned by councils and housing associations, with costs estimated at £400 million. We have so far allocated £248 million to replace cladding on 135 buildings.</p><p>Where, as part of the enforcement action, local authorities take emergency action themselves to remediate high rise private sector residential building with unsafe ACM cladding then the Housing Act 2004 allows local authorities to recover reasonably incurred expenses, with interest.</p><p>The Government is committed to supporting local authorities to ensure that such private-sector buildings are remediated, including financial support to take emergency remedial action if that is necessary. Local authorities finding themselves in this position should approach my Department to discuss what support may be needed.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 17/01/2019 16:21:39 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1037775

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Charities: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of charities that are running a deficit on statutory contracts.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	206370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>We do not centrally hold data on government contracts with charities for statutory services. The viability of a particular contract is matter for the relevant government department. If organisations are concerned about a procurement process, we encourage them to refer to the Public Procurement Review Service, the details of which can be found on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/01/2019 14:36:51 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1037838

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Business Plans: Disasters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the level of support for customers who lost goods and possessions in the Shurgard fire in Croydon on New Year’s Eve, what assessment the Government has made of the adequacy of requirements on businesses to plan for major disasters and support affected customers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	206372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>Under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, contracts entered into by a trader and a consumer where a trader agrees to carry out a service, such as storing their goods, have to be carried out with reasonable care and skill. Traders are prohibited from including a term in the contract which limits its liability when carrying out that service.</p><p> </p><p>For free information and advice on their rights, consumers should contact the Citizens Advice consumer service on 03454 04 05 06 (www.citizensadvice.org/).</p><p> </p><p>Whilst we do not place any requirements on businesses to plan for emergencies, we do encourage businesses to be prepared and the Cabinet Office provides good practice guidance on the actions they can take on gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preparing-for-emergencies/preparing-for-emergencies</p><p>In addition, the Cabinet Office publishes the National Risk Register which contains further information and resources to help individuals, businesses and communities to plan for specific emergencies: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-risk-register-of-civil-emergencies-2017-edition.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 22/01/2019 12:12:39 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1037852

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Campaigns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to undertake a review of the recommendations contained in the report by Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts entitled, Third Party Election Campaigning – Getting the Balance Right, published in March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	206375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to legislate to amend the rules on third party campaigning in line with Lord Hodgson’s package of recommendations. However, we are continuing to consider his recommendation on digital imprints.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 11/01/2019 14:13:29 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed