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<p>The Department wrote to local authority and housing association landlords on 18
June, setting out immediate actions that should be taken to identify residential tower
blocks over 18 metres in height with aluminium type external cladding. The Department
wrote again on 19 June to set out the process they should follow to submit samples
of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding for testing.</p><p> </p><p>On 30 June,
we published a note at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing</a>.
This note confirms the advice in those letters to local authorities, with further
specific information about the tests being carried out.</p><p> </p><p>On 6 July we
published details of further tests to be carried out as the next step in helping landlords
to ensure the safety of their buildings. These large scale tests will help establish
how different types of ACM panels in combination with different types of insulation
behave in a fire. Further detail about the next testing stage can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/expert-panel-recommends-further-tests-on-cladding-and-insulation"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/expert-panel-recommends-further-tests-on-cladding-and-insulation</a>.</p><p>
</p><p>Where work is necessary to ensure the fire safety of social housing, we will
ensure that lack of financial resources will not prevent it going ahead.</p><p> </p>
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