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1623242

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Scottish Government on (a) insurance and (b) lending issues relating to buildings with cladding.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	182320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department works closely with the Devolved Administrations to discuss shared challenges, including regarding properties affected by cladding, wider building safety and related insurance issues.</p><p>On the 30 January 2023, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities announced that we will act to ban property managing agents, landlords and freeholders from receiving commissions and other payments from insurance firms, replacing such payments with more transparent fees.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 182321 question first answered 03/05/2023 15:42:34 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1608481

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on cladding issues affecting buildings in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	904305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>Following the tragedy at Grenfell Tower, the UK Government has committed more than five billion pounds to ensuring that remedial works are carried out as soon as possible to affected buildings in order to protect residents facing the most serious safety risks.</p><p> </p><p>The Scottish Government has received consequential funding in the usual way and UK Government officials continue to meet their counterparts regularly to discuss progress on building safety remediation matters.</p> answering member constituency Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk answering member printed John Lamont question first answered 29/03/2023 14:56:46 answering member 4608 label Biography information for John Lamont
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1607797

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact of leaseholders who do not qualify for support for the remediation of cladding and fire safety defects and who cannot meet their share of the cost of those works on the progress of the remediation of those buildings.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	174217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department are undertaking legal action against Grey GR, a subsidiary of Railpen.</p><p>The Department wrote to Grey GR regarding Cardinal Lofts and Timblebeck in November 2022 and February 2023, and again regarding Cardinal Lofts in March 2023, concerning the safety of residents. Departmental officials last met with Railpen officials today.</p><p>A copy of the Secretary of State’s correspondence will be placed in the Library of the House.</p><p>Building owners are legally responsible for making sure their buildings are safe. Should the residents of an unsafe building need to be evacuated, the Government expects building owners to provide suitable alternative accommodation until residents can return home, at the building owner's expense, and for the building to be remediated.</p><p>Regarding non-qualifying leaseholders we continue to monitor closely the remediation of all buildings in receipt of public funding, such as from the Building Safety Fund. For those buildings where the developer or freeholder have agreed to remediate, no costs should be attributable to leaseholders, whether qualifying or non-qualifying for other costs. Parliament determined a way forward on this matter in 2022 which we continue to monitor.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 174216 question first answered 30/03/2023 16:19:02 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1607978

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of labour in the insulation and retrofit sector.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	174275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>For work carried out under Government schemes installers are required to be TrustMark registered, as well as PAS certified for energy efficiency measures and MCS certified for low carbon heating measures. In November 2022, there were 1782 TrustMark businesses across the UK which were certified to PAS or MCS standards.</p><p> </p><p>The Mace market intelligence report commissioned by BEIS last year found that in 2021 there were 154,748 individuals installing energy efficiency measures in England. Research undertaken last year by Eunomia shows there are between 36,000 and 87,000 non-domestic retrofit businesses in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working with key industry bodies to consider what other actions are necessary both from industry and government to continue to grow this industry.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 04/04/2023 14:53:46 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1602078

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications to the first-tier tribunal have been made for remedial contributions orders since the introduction of the Building Safety Act 2022; and how many remedial contributions orders were granted in the same period.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	160434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>The First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) received 9 applications for Remedial Contribution Orders in the period from the introduction of the Building Safety Act 2022 to 31 December 2022, the most recent period for which data is available. Of these applications, 1 was granted during the same time period and the other 8 applications are awaiting a decision.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 15/03/2023 10:26:49 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1599948

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to safeguard tenants in buildings where the owner would qualify for the building safety fund to repair unsafe cladding but chooses not to apply to that fund because they are seeking to sell the freehold.
tabling member constituency	Tatton
tabling member printed	Esther McVey
uin	155113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>Building owners have a legal responsibility to make sure their buildings are safe. Where remediation works are required, they must take appropriate action without delay. Even if the building owner is intending to sell the freehold, it is not an excuse not to progress works to make the building safe. Where the freehold is sold, the new freeholder assumes all responsibilities and liabilities of the previous freeholder.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 08/03/2023 16:06:21 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey

1588553

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which external legal practitioners are advising the Government on the cladding pledge legally binding agreement and the Responsible Actors Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	151408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2023 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations details of legal advice are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 03/03/2023 11:55:13 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1588429

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are approaching foreign developers and cladding manufacturers to secure contributions to fix cladding issues.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL5795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government have made it clear that they expect all those who contribute and profited from affected buildings to take responsibility for fixing them. As part of this, we expect developers to do the right thing, irrespective of where they are based. The developer remediation contract published on 30 January is an important step towards making sure this happens. A number of developers with overseas owners have been invited to sign the contract.</p><p>Furthermore, the Building Safety Levy can be charged on new residential developments that require building control approval. As it will be charged as part of the building control process, all developers will have to pay it on developments that are in scope - regardless of whether they are based in the UK or not.</p><p>The Department's Recovery Strategy Unit has also spearheaded legal action against recalcitrant freeholders and is actively investigating the concerning conduct of various companies across the built environment, including contractors and construction product manufacturers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 08/03/2023 17:20:24 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1583380

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many and what proportion of (a) private and (b) public sector orphan buildings have EWS1 forms in (i) Portsmouth and (ii) England.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	138434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>An EWS1 form is not a statutory or regulatory requirement and the requirement for, and use of EWS1 forms, is determined by the lending policies of banks and building societies. The Government does not hold a database of EWS1 forms. EWS1 forms completed by registered assessors can be viewed on the Fire Industry Association's Building Safety Information Portal <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbuildingsafetyportal.co.uk%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C63ab216bb78f4118eb1508db09dc2a57%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638114613419683236%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=uQK0cd%2BVV4fIProw29RRaH7N90PXJls3Px230fFEiCw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 08/02/2023 15:07:36 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1582873

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to regulate the kinds of materials that may be used to wrap residential buildings during cladding remediation works.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	138005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>Remediation is vital to make buildings safe but we recognise that remediation projects can cause significant disruption to residents and negatively affect their welfare, in particular the wrapping of buildings whilst unsafe cladding is removed and replaced.</p><p>Fundamentally, building owners are responsible for making their buildings safe without delay, and decisions on the approach are down to them. As part of this they must ensure that works are taken forward efficiently in a way that minimises disruption to residents.</p><p>To that end, we are reviewing what expectations should be placed on those responsible for remediating unsafe buildings. We plan to work with the sector to develop a Code of Practice, taking account of residents' needs, with the intention of it being introduced later this year. <br> <br>I am keen to continue to work with colleagues where there are concerns on this issue.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 09/02/2023 14:23:27 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt