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758648

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Council Housing: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department will refund local authorities the cost of ensuring that all existing housing stock is made safe as a result of the Grenfell Tower fire.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	9326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government will consider the removal of financial restrictions where financial barriers stand in the way of essential work being done. This would include circumstances where local fire services advise essential fire safety works are required to make a building safe. We are working with local authorities who approach us on a case by case basis.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/09/2017 10:59:16 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

758632

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2017 to Question 4915, whether the Government is still requesting samples of cladding material.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	9597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2017 answer text <p>Testing facilities remain available to private building owners, free of charge.</p><p>The Secretary of State encourages private building owners to submit samples of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding for screening. The screening tests are identifying what kind of ACM is present to ensure we have a complete picture of the private sector.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/09/2017 11:09:51 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

758633

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2017 to Question 4915, whether the Government sought the advice of the expert panel on fire safety before the original testing of samples of cladding material.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	9598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2017 answer text <p>The decision to commission the screening tests on Aluminium Cladding Material (ACM) samples was made on the basis of advice from independent experts. The Independent Expert Advisory Panel had not been appointed at that time. <br> <br>At their first meeting, the Independent Expert Advisory Panel concluded the initial ACM screening tests, along with issuing advice on interim fire safety measures, were the right first steps to have taken.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/09/2017 11:13:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

758634

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his oral contribution of 26 July 2017, Official Report, column 347, whether samples of cladding and insulation were tested at a rate of 100 a day.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	9599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2017 answer text <p>As of 20 September 2017 all 554 samples of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding which the Building Research Establishment have received have been tested, as they came in, and landlords informed of the result.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/09/2017 15:32:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

758638

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2017 to Question 5176, whether those from voluntary sector organisations and those working at the Westway Assistance Centre who are working with children affected by the Grenfell Tower fire are required to undertake Disclosure and Barring Service checks.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	9517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>It is the responsibility and statutory duty of an employer to check that an individual has been cleared to work in direct contact with children or vulnerable adults. The Westway Assistance Centre has now closed, with many of the services transferred to the Community Assistance Centre at Bard Road. Disclosure and Barring checks are unlikely to apply to the majority of those working at the Community Assistance Centre. However, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council, as part of its volunteer strategy and future plans for the Community Assistance Centre, is encouraging all staff and volunteers to sign up to a voluntary code of conduct including Disclosure and Barring, and suitability, checks.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/09/2017 14:45:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

758639

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2017 to Question 5176, what advice his Department issued to the local authority and voluntary sector organisations providing support to survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire on working with (a) vulnerable people and (b) children.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	9514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>My Department has been working closely with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council, NHS, Public Health England and the Voluntary and Community Sector, wider government and those providing care to ensure the needs of vulnerable people and children affected by the Grenfell Tower fire and wider community are met.</p><p>Local authorities and voluntary sector organisations who are supporting the survivors are subject to existing safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. This includes, for example, the 1989 and 2004 Children Acts; Department for Education interagency guidance on safeguarding children; and The Care Act 2014.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 13/10/2017 16:27:58 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

758640

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the letter to residents following the Grenfell Tower fire of 5 September 2017, if he will set out how the process by which former Grenfell Tower residents bid for new housing ensures that former residents do not bid against each other.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	9541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The selection and matching process allows residents to express a preference for available units of permanent accommodation on the Choice Based Lettings online portal managed by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council (RBKC). A matching process will then take place on the basis of the RBKC allocations policy, which is set out in “The Housing Commitment to Residents who lived in Grenfell Tower and Grenfell Walk” <a href="https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/sites/default/files/atoms/files/The%20housing%20commitment%20to%20residents%20%E2%80%93%20FAQ.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/sites/default/files/atoms/files/The%20housing%20commitment%20to%20residents%20%E2%80%93%20FAQ.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/09/2017 13:04:54 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

758644

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2017 to Question 5177, how many case workers have been allocated to work with (a) Grenfell Tower survivors and (b) members of the local community affected by that fire.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	9513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>As of 12 October 2017, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has 168 caseworkers supporting 457 cases, of which 133 cases are survivors from Grenfell Tower. Some families may have more than one caseworker<em>.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/10/2017 13:51:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

758646

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	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 Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2017 to Question 5213, on buildings: fire prevention, whether replacement of cladding with cladding of a similar appearance but of a different material composition requires planning permission.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	9520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member for Denton and Reddish to the answer I gave on 4 September 2017 to Question UIN 5213. Section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 sets out that where work does not materially alter the appearance of a building, planning permission may not be required. Planning permission is ultimately a matter for each Local Planning Authority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/09/2017 14:06:32 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

758649

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) council and (b) social houses were built in each local authority area in each year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	9349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2017 answer text <p>The numbers of local authority dwellings built in each local authority area are published in the Department's live tables 253 (annual) and 253a (quarterly) at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building</a></p><p>More comprehensive statistics on additional affordable housing provided local authority and private registered providers (housing associations) are published in the Department’s live tables at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a></p><p>Table 1008C provides all additional affordable dwellings provided (new build and acquisitions) by local authority area. Separate figures for ‘social rent’, ‘affordable rent’ and ‘intermediate (shared ownership and intermediate rent)’ housing are shown in Tables 1006c, 1006a and 1007c respectively.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/10/2017 15:46:30 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane