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1183099

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2020, to Question 3760, on Buildings: Insulation, what the timescale is for the publication of the report on the results of the Task 6 Testing and Task 7 Assessment; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	25666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer to Question UIN 3760 on 21 January 2020; the report will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 10/03/2020 15:31:20 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1181366

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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, if he will visit Croydon North constituency to meet with leaseholders of Radnor House that are facing large bills for the removal of combustible wooden cladding from the building in which they live.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	21996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department has regular engagement with residents living in buildings with unsafe cladding, including correspondence from residents of Radnor House.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 03/03/2020 16:05:33 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1179120

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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, what steps he plans to take to ensure that cladding does not prevent leaseholders living in buildings below 18 metres in height from selling their properties.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	18682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>Government will continue to support the industry to refine the process for valuing buildings with cladding.  Building owners must be forthcoming with any information on the cladding used, responding promptly to residents and valuer enquiries.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/02/2020 17:02:24 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1179312

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2020 to Question 11605 on Buildings: Insulation, whether the Government plans to provide councils with additional support to help identify the persons responsible for individual buildings with unsafe cladding.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	18746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities and housing associations have been asked to undertake a data collection exercise on residential buildings 18 metres and over in height to identify their external wall systems. The responsibility for collecting and providing information for the data collection lies with local authorities and housing associations.</p><p>The Department published a technical note on 18 July 2019 to provide local authorities and housing associations with additional support in identifying the details of external wall systems of buildings above 18 metres. Subsequently, in September 2019 we announced the provision of £4 million new burdens funding to support local authorities with the data collection.</p><p>The Department is in regular contact with local authorities and housing associations to support them as they carry out the data collection.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/02/2020 16:51:45 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1179313

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2020 to Question 11599 on Buildings: Insulation, whether the Government has plans to mandate building owners to proactively share information on cladding; and what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on including that step in the forthcoming Bill on fire safety.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	18747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office will bring forward legislation shortly to put beyond doubt that building owners and managers of all multi-occupied residential buildings must assess the risks from cladding and front doors to individual flats under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. This legislation will:</p><ul><li>require building owners to review their fire risk assessments to comprehensively cover all common parts of these buildings.</li><li>affirm that fire and rescue services can take appropriate enforcement action, in particular supporting the remediation of buildings with unsafe cladding in high rise buildings</li><li>provide the firm foundation required for taking forward recommendations from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase One report (accepted in principle by the Government in October 2019), which called for new legal duties on building owners for high-rise residential buildings around inspection and information sharing with Fire and Rescue Authorities. A consultation on Home Office proposals is due to be issued in the spring.</li></ul><p>Additionally, the forthcoming Building Safety Bill will put a requirement on dutyholders to ensure accurate and up-to-date building safety information is available and accessible to those who need it. A Mandatory Occurrence Reporting system will be established by the Building Safety Regulator, and dutyholders will be required to report any structural safety or fire safety related event which is perceived by them to represent a significant risk to life, in buildings within the scope of the new regime.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 28/02/2020 11:28:41 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1179314

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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, what funding he plans to make available to remove dangerous non-ACM cladding systems from buildings, to avoid the costs falling on leaseholders.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	18748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government has taken urgent action on building safety, including committing £600 million for remediating unsafe ACM cladding on high-rise buildings in the social and private sectors. Government intervention is wholly exceptional and based on the unparalleled fire risk ACM poses.</p><p>Residents’ safety remains this Government's utmost priority and there is no excuse for building owners not ensuring that residents are safe in their homes. Government will continue to support leaseholders and is reviewing options on how best to do so.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/02/2020 16:46:55 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1178385

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
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 commissioned large-scale fire safety tests on expanded polystyrene in rendered systems.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	1959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>Acting on advice from the Expert Panel, the government has commissioned research from the Building Research Establishment (BRE) to support further understanding of the fire performance of Non-Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) external wall systems. This includes bespoke medium scale tests on timber cladding panels</p><p> </p><p>The results of this research will be published shortly. So far, the results show that none of the materials tested present as significant a fire hazard as ACM (and other metal composites) with unmodified polyethylene core.</p><p> </p><p>Subject to the research findings, a decision will be made as to the testing of further materials used on external wall systems, including timber cladding. This may include tests at large medium or small scale. We currently have no plan to commission a large-scale fire safety test on systems, incorporating timber cladding or expanded polystyrene.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 1960 question first answered 24/02/2020 17:51:55 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1178386

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
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 plans to commission large-scale fire safety tests on systems with (a) timber cladding and (b) expanded polystyrene insulation.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	1960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>Acting on advice from the Expert Panel, the government has commissioned research from the Building Research Establishment (BRE) to support further understanding of the fire performance of Non-Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) external wall systems. This includes bespoke medium scale tests on timber cladding panels</p><p> </p><p>The results of this research will be published shortly. So far, the results show that none of the materials tested present as significant a fire hazard as ACM (and other metal composites) with unmodified polyethylene core.</p><p> </p><p>Subject to the research findings, a decision will be made as to the testing of further materials used on external wall systems, including timber cladding. This may include tests at large medium or small scale. We currently have no plan to commission a large-scale fire safety test on systems, incorporating timber cladding or expanded polystyrene.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 1959 question first answered 24/02/2020 17:51:55 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1176742

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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, what information his Department holds on leaseholders who have been forced to declare bankruptcy because of inability to pay combustible building cladding remediation costs.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	13487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. The Government has committed £200 million for the removal and replacement of unsafe ACM cladding on private sector residential high-rise buildings.</p><p>We are aware of concerns leaseholders have about meeting the cost of remediation of fire safety issues other than ACM cladding remediation. Building safety is the responsibility of the building owner, and they should consider all routes to meet costs, to protect leaseholders – for example through warranties and recovering costs from contractors for incorrect or poor work. However, we do not want the cost to be a barrier to remediation, so the Department is considering options to support leaseholders with Her Majesty’s Treasury.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 24/02/2020 17:41:34 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 6390 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

1176874

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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, pursuant to the Answer of 05 February 2020, to Question 5442, on Buildings: Fire Prevention, whether the Expert Panel has concluded that High Pressure Laminate D class cladding is less dangerous than Aluminium Composite Material Cladding with a Fire retardant (FR) polyethylene core.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	13517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN 6113 on 21 January 2020. The results of the bespoke non-ACM tests  research will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 13520 13521 question first answered 11/02/2020 17:40:29 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed