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1169958

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
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	Buildings: 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, whether his Department commissioned the Building Research Establishment to write a Frequently Asked Questions document on cladding after the inquest into the Lakanal House fire.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	1896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department considered and acted on the recommendations of the Coroner's report into the Lakanal House fire in 2009. A note setting out the action the Government took in response to the recommendations was been placed in the Library of the House in September 2017 in response to Question UIN HL1281 on 5 September 2017. <br> <br> Since the publication of this note we have published a clarified version of Approved Document B available at: <br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-approved-document-b" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-approved-document-b</a> . <br> <br> In December 2018 we started a wide ranging technical review of the guidance in which means of escape in blocks of flat is a key research topic.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 15/01/2020 17:47:20 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 1144 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1169960

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
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	Buildings: 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, on what date his Department commissioned the Building Research Establishment to produce the report External Fire Spread published in April 2016.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	1897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The research supporting the report <em>External Fire Spread,</em> was commissioned under a framework agreement with BRE Global, which started in November 2012. The research was commissioned at the end of 2014</p><p>A copy of the report is available at: <a href="https://www.bregroup.com/projects-reports/external-fire-spread/" target="_blank">https://www.bregroup.com/projects-reports/external-fire-spread/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/01/2020 17:46:21 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 1145 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1169961

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
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	Buildings: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which Minister in his Department has responsibility for the Building Safety Programme.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	1898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>As with all departmental business, The Secretary of State maintains overall responsibility for the work of the department, and he has asked Viscount Younger of Leckie to lead on day to day ministerial responsibility for the Building Safety Programme.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 15/01/2020 17:47:59 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1169962

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
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	Lakanal House: 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 specific steps his Department took as a result of the inquest into the Lakanal House fire.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	1899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department considered and has acted on the recommendations of the Coroner's report into the Lakanal House fire in 2009. A note setting out the action the Government took in response to the recommendations has been placed in the Library of the House in September 2017 in response to Question UIN HL1281 answered on 19 September by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth</p><p><br> Since the publication of this letter we have published a clarified version of Approved Document B available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-approved-document-b" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-approved-document-b</a> . In December 2018, we have started a wide ranging technical review of the guidance in which we have identified means of escape in blocks of flat as a key research topic.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 15/01/2020 17:48:53 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1169965

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
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	Buildings: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to report on the progress of the Building Safety Programme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	1900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>The Building Safety Programme produces monthly statistics which highlight progress on remediation. I am committed to keeping the House updated as new developments arise.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 15/01/2020 17:49:27 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1169773

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
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: Safety
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 7 January 2020 to Question 117, on High Rise Flats: Safety, how many of the 9000 emails had been replied to by his Department as of November 2019.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	1746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department is unable to provide the specific information requested as it is not readily accessible.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 14/01/2020 16:32:40 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1169796

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
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: Safety
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 7 January 2020 to Question 117, on High Rise Flats: Safety, where the purpose of the Housing Checks inbox was first set out.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	1747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>As noted in the answer to Parliamentary Question 117 on 7 January 2020, following the Grenfell fire the Housing Checks mailbox was established to allow local authorities (LAs) and housing associations (HAs) to report their stock of buildings with unsafe Aluminium Composite Cladding. This mailbox and its purpose was first set out in a letter from our Permanent Secretary to LA Chief Executives and HA Chief Executives on 18 June 2017 which can be found <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/632431/170618_local_authorities_and_housing_associations_re_checks.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> .</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 14/01/2020 16:32:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1169797

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
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: Safety
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 7 January 2020 to Question 117, on High Rise Flats: Safety, if he will publish the categories of the type of emails received by the Housing Checks inbox.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	1748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department is unable to provide the specific information requested as it is not readily accessible.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 14/01/2020 16:30:27 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1169798

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
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	Flats: Fire Prevention
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 information his department holds on the number and proportion of privately owned apartment blocks where remedial fire safety works are being undertaken following safety checks following the Grenfell Tower fire.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	1749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The latest information on remediation progress in privately owned high-rise buildings with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material cladding can be found in the Building Safety Programme monthly data release. This can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fbuilding-safety-programme-monthly-data-release-november-2019&amp;data=02%7C01%7CHafsa.Ali%40communities.gov.uk%7C2069cdef233e473b64f408d7980911d9%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637145037026239307&amp;sdata=oL0T48J2U3FNFi0r1U%2B3rX9QkZ%2FZSlg%2F6yseaTs2LA8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-monthly-data-release-november-2019</a></p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 14/01/2020 16:29:54 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1169800

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
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	Buildings: 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, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment on a complete ban on combustible building materials.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	1750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>As stated in the explanatory memorandum the Department intends to review the ban annually through monitoring arrangements and advice from bodies such as Building Regulations Advisory Committee for England. This will include considering the scope of the ban.</p><p>The Department is currently undertaking this review and will report shortly.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 14/01/2020 16:29:19 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed