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date	06/06/2019
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	Grenfell Tower: Fires
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 recent discussions he has had with community groups affected by the Grenfell Tower fire on the potential reform of fire safety legislation.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	261282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The Minister of State for Housing has regular meetings with Grenfell United and met with them to seek the group’s views on the proposals set out in our consultation <em>Building a safer future: proposals for reform of the building safety regulatory system</em>, which was published on 6 June.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/building-a-safer-future-proposals-for-reform-of-the-building-safety-regulatory-system" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/building-a-safer-future-proposals-for-reform-of-the-building-safety-regulatory-system</a></p><p>There will be further engagement with Grenfell United during the consultation period.</p><p>More generally, the Government is committed to putting residents at the heart of the new, stronger system of building safety for high-rise residential buildings.</p><p>We want residents to:</p><ul><li>Be empowered to hold their buildings’ owners to account;</li></ul><ul><li>Have a strong voice in decision-making about the safety of their building;</li></ul><ul><li>Be listened to straight away when they have safety concerns.</li></ul><p>To bring about this culture change, we are consulting on proposals to give residents:</p><ul><li>more access to safety information about their buildings;</li></ul><ul><li>more involvement in decisions about safety in their buildings through engagement with their building safety managers; and</li></ul><ul><li>a quick, clear route to escalate safety concerns.</li></ul><p>These proposals have been shaped by our Residents’ Reference Panel members, who are residents of high-rise buildings, and our call for evidence, which has helped us to identify best practice in how residents and their landlords, or their building managers, can work together to make sure that their buildings are safe.</p><p>We want to hear residents’ views on these proposals, and we will be engaging with people who live in high-rise residential buildings over the summer to gather feedback as part of the consultation.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/06/2019 15:05:38 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1130421

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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	Grenfell Tower: Fires
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 many survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire are waiting for permanent housing.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	261283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>According to the latest data from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council (RBKC), as of 6 June 2019, of the 201 households from Grenfell Tower and Walk that require rehousing, there are currently 14 households in temporary accommodation, and 3 households in emergency accommodation that are have not yet moved into permanent accommodation. Of these 17 households, 7 have not yet accepted an offer of permanent accommodation. <br> <br> RBKC reports that a suitable property has been reserved for each household. We continue to provide support and challenge to RBKC to ensure every survivor of the Grenfell fire is able to find a home that meets their long-term needs as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/06/2019 15:06:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1130422

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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	Housing: Fire Extinguishers
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 recent steps his Department is taking to encourage the retro-fitting of sprinklers in housing developments.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	261284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that building owners must ensure that their buildings are safe. We are consulting on proposals to introduce a safety case approach for multi-occupied residential buildings of 18 metres or more. A safety case approach will require that the person responsible for the building will need to demonstrate to a regulator that they understand and are managing the fire and structural risks in their building adequately. Installing a sprinkler system may be one way of managing fire risks.</p><p>We also specifically asked for views on the provision of sprinklers in new buildings when we undertook our recent call for evidence ahead of a technical review of the Building Regulations’ fire safety guidance. The call for evidence closed on 15 March and we are currently analysing the responses.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/06/2019 16:33:30 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1130438

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2019 to Question 259402 on high rise flats: insulation, what estimate he made of the number of blocks that would potentially draw on the fund when calculating the £200 million private sector cladding remediation fund.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	261286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government announced its commitment to fully fund the remediation of private sector high-rise residential blocks with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material cladding, except where a warranty claim has been accepted. The number of buildings which will receive funding will depend on the applications received. We estimate up to 153 may be available. This number will reduce depending on the number of developers who agree not to draw down the fund</p><p><br> I am pleased to report that many owners and developers including Taylor Wimpey, Legal &amp; General, Mace Group, Lendlease, Barratt Developments and Aberdeen Standard Investments, have agreed to maintain their commitments to meet the cost of remediation without the recourse to the fund.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 02/07/2019 13:29:25 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 122001 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones