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750043

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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	Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to representations received for the consultation on the housing white paper which closed on 2 May 2017.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Gary Streeter
uin	3963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Responses to the White Paper <em>Fixing Our Broken Housing Market</em> are being analysed at present. The Government intends to issue a response in due course.</p><p /> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/07/2017 14:31:39 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

750044

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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	High Rise Flats: 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, what number and proportion of housing cladding samples have been tested within 24 hours of receipt.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	4089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>As of 10 September 2017 the Building Research Establishment had received 1523 samples to be tested under the Government’s screening programme.</p><p>All 538 samples which were Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding have been tested and landlords informed of the result. The remaining samples were not ACM and therefore outside the scope of the Government’s screening programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 4092 question first answered 11/09/2017 15:15:41 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

750045

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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	High Rise Flats: 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, by what date all the non-ACM housing cladding samples received to date will be tested.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	4090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>In line with advice from a panel of independent experts, the testing process for cladding samples being run by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) is specifically designed to characterise the core of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding samples.</p><p>The tests are not designed for, nor can they provide suitable information on, any non-Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding samples.</p><p>In each of these cases the landlord will be informed that their sample is not ACM cladding and has not been tested. All non-ACM samples are being kept by the BRE until further notice.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/09/2017 16:13:51 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

750046

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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	High Rise Flats: 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, for what reasons non-ACM housing cladding samples received by his Department have not yet been tested.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	4091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The immediate priority was to identify the scale of use of Aluminium Composite Material ACM type cladding on buildings over 18 metres. On the advice of the Independent Expert panel, the Government has now commissioned the Building Research Establishment to test different wall cladding systems using three common types of ACM panelling with two commonly used types of insulation. The results will provide further evidence of how some commonly used wall systems using ACM perform in a fire. This evidence will be used to produce further advice to inform building owners’ decisions on whether they need to take any additional action to make their buildings safe.</p><p>Advice was provided on 14 July in a note to all building control bodies, which highlighted the key Building Regulation requirements when cladding work on high rise buildings over 18 metres tall is undertaken. That note can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ensure-that-recladding-work-meets-building-regulations-advises-expert-panel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ensure-that-recladding-work-meets-building-regulations-advises-expert-panel</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/07/2017 15:24:29 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

750047

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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	High Rise Flats: 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, how many housing cladding samples of all types the Government has received; and how many such samples have been tested to date.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	4092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>As of 10 September 2017 the Building Research Establishment had received 1523 samples to be tested under the Government’s screening programme.</p><p>All 538 samples which were Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding have been tested and landlords informed of the result. The remaining samples were not ACM and therefore outside the scope of the Government’s screening programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 4089 question first answered 11/09/2017 15:15:41 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

750048

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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	Landlords
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 contribution of Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon of 23 March 2015 to proceedings on the Selective Licensing of Houses (Additional Conditions) (England) Order 2015, Official Report, HL Deb, column 331, whether the review of the impact of those changes 18 months after their introduction has been undertaken; and if he will place a copy of that review in the Library.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Only three applications had been received by October 2016 which proved insufficient for a meaningful assessment to be made. The Department did not therefore carry out a formal review of the changes to selective licensing introduced from April 2015. Since then we have received a further number of applications and will soon be in a position to undertake a review. I will ensure the findings of the review are placed in the Library when it is complete.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/07/2017 13:57:26 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 4339 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

750055

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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	High Rise Flats: Fire Extinguishers
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 meetings his Department has had with representatives of house building companies on the introduction of fire sprinklers in each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	3911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Officials and Ministers regularly meet with representatives of house building companies to discuss a wide range of issues. We are not aware of any meetings specifically to discuss the introduction of fire sprinklers.</p><p>The Department did write to all social housing providers in 2013 following the recommendations in a Coroner’s report into firefighter deaths which occurred at Shirley Towers in Southampton in April 2010. That letter encouraged providers to consider the retrofitting of sprinklers in older residential tower blocks. The Department then reinforced the content of that letter in its response to the Coroner’s report into the Lakanal House Fire – a copy of which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/205567/Annex_B_-_SoS_DCLG_Rule_43_response.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/205567/Annex_B_-_SoS_DCLG_Rule_43_response.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/07/2017 14:26:44 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

750057

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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	High Rise Flats: Sheffield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the unit costs of retrofitting sprinkler fire protection in Callow Towers high rise flats in Sheffield.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	3913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The decision to retrospectively install sprinklers in Callow Towers in Sheffield in 2011 was taken by the local authority. The Department did not make an estimate of the costs.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/07/2017 15:05:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

750060

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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	High Rise Flats: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of recommending a moratorium on the construction of new residential tower blocks until the recommendations of the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire have been published.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	3905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>We do not intend to put a moratorium on new development of tower blocks. Where new tower blocks are being built, they must meet the requirements of the Building Regulations.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/07/2017 16:45:18 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 4337 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

750061

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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	Government Departments: 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, with reference to his oral contribution of 26 June 2017, Official Report, column 348, if he will list the 15 buildings that are part of the Government estate that require further investigation.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	3902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The priority must always be ensuring the safety of residents. Where Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding is present on housing over 18 metres in height, the Government is providing testing for local authorities, housing associations and private sector landlords free of charge. If the screening tests indicate that such cladding would not meet the limited combustibility requirements of the current Building Regulations guidance, local authorities, housing associations, private sector landlords and the fire and rescue service will determine the best course of action, communicating closely with residents. We have given landlords advice on the immediate mitigating actions they should take and are consulting an expert advisory panel to develop further advice. We will publish a list of buildings tested in due course.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 1339 question first answered 19/07/2017 16:25:33 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 4335 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh