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1173840

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of the replacement of unsafe cladding following the Grenfell Tower fire have not had VAT applied to the cost of the works.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	8957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The details that HM Revenue and Customs collect from taxpayers on their VAT returns are not specific enough to identify costs relating to cladding. The cost of replacing cladding would be zero rated if it was tied to the initial construction and shown to be defective.</p><p> </p><p>On 9 May 2019, the Government announced that it would fully fund the removal and replacement of certain types of unsafe cladding on private sector residential buildings 18 metres or taller. Where a zero rate does not apply, the cost of the VAT charge would be covered by that fund.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/02/2020 13:35:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1173395

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policy on the applicability to cladding of paragraph 12.7 of the Approved Fire Regulations of the letter from the Centre for Window and Cladding Technology to the Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, dated 10 May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	8309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>In December 2018 the Government introduced regulations that banned the use of combustible materials in the external walls of specific types of high-rise buildings.</p><p>The ban provides clear performance requirements for materials in the external walls.</p><p>The amendment to the Building Regulations was introduced alongside a commitment to review the ban annually as stated in the Explanatory Memorandum published alongside SI 2018/1230.</p><p>The Government is currently consulting on reducing the current height threshold from 18 metres to 11 metres. The consultation closes on 13 April 2020 and is available at:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Freview-of-the-ban-on-the-use-of-combustible-materials-in-and-on-the-external-walls-of-buildings&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCharles-Elie.Romeyer%40communities.gov.uk%7C4c08c6a780db4864b56c08d7a4c12c5b%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637159021880090604&amp;sdata=Yi6kZR7BxUEZu1urFUtQRNy21ix0EnZwagqa9%2FJRwdg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/review-of-the-ban-on-the-use-of-combustible-materials-in-and-on-the-external-walls-of-buildings</a></p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 30/01/2020 17:47:58 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 4121 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

1173429

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policy on the applicability to cladding of paragraph 12.7 of the Approved Fire Regulations of the view expressed by Dr Barbara Lane in her evidence to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry that I cannot agree with the clarification provided after the Grenfell Fire, that the Filler material referred to in Section 12.7 of the ADB 2013, was intended to incorporate the external surface (dealt with by means of Diagram 40) when it is formed of an aluminium composite panel.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	8310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>The steps which the Department took in relation to the guidance in Approved Document B are matters that will be looked at in the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 30/01/2020 17:43:19 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 4120 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

1173603

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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 he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors' external wall fire review process in identifying combustible materials in buildings; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	8381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The EWS1 form was developed by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and published on 16 December. It is designed to enable industry to manage valuations of properties in multi-occupancy buildings 18 metres and over. Given the short time in operation it is premature to make any assessment of its usage however Government is engaged with industry on this.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/02/2020 14:53:03 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1173611

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of leasehold properties that are located in buildings which are not compliant with his Department's fire safety guidance for external walls, Advice Note 14, in (a) the UK, (b) London and (c) Lewisham, Deptford constituency.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	8383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2020 answer text <p>Information on the number of dwellings in high-rise residential and publicly owned buildings with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet building regulations yet to be remediated in England is available in the monthly building safety programme data release here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-monthly-data-release-december-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-monthly-data-release-december-2019</a>. <br> <br> The Department has also commenced a data collection exercise which will enable us to build a picture of external wall systems in use on high rise residential buildings. The exercise will collect data on residential buildings 18 metres and over covering private and social buildings, student accommodation and hotels in England. We will publish appropriate summary information from the data collection in our monthly Building Safety Programme data release in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 31/01/2020 12:53:35 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1172959

registered interest
date	23/01/2020
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, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2020, to Question 4752, on Buildings Insulation, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that building owners rather than leaseholders are financially liable for the remediation of unsafe timber cladding.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	7213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>Building safety is the responsibility of the building owner, and they must remedy any safety risks uncovered. Building owners should consider all routes to meet costs, protecting leaseholders where they can – for example through warranties and recovering costs from contractors for incorrect or poor work.</p><p>We are aware of the concerns of leaseholders about meeting the cost of remediation. 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> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 28/01/2020 17:34:58 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1172964

registered interest
date	23/01/2020
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, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2020 to Question 4752 on Buildings Insulation, if he will write to owners of buildings with unsafe combustible cladding that is not ACM cladding to communicate his Department's policy that remediation costs should not be passed onto leaseholders.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	7214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has made clear that building safety is the responsibility of the building owner, and they must remedy any safety risks uncovered. Building owners should consider all routes to meet costs, protecting leaseholders where they can – for example through warranties and recovering costs from contractors for incorrect or poor work. These expectations have been made clear to building owners.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 31/01/2020 12:46:55 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1172666

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
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 will be providing funding for the remediation of Aluminium Composite Material cladding on buildings below 18m in height.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	6703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2020 answer text <p>Building safety is the responsibility of the building owner and they must remedy any safety risks uncovered. Building owners should consider all routes to meet costs, protecting leaseholders where they can – for example through warranties and recovering costs from contractors for incorrect or poor work.</p><p>We are aware of the concerns of leaseholders about meeting the cost of remediation. 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 Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 31/01/2020 12:47:31 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1172668

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
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, what steps he is taking to ensure that residents living in blocks below 18m in height with Aluminium Composite Material cladding are made aware of the composition of that cladding.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	6704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that building safety is the responsibility of the building owner. Building owners should inform residents if their building has unsafe ACM cladding.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 31/01/2020 12:54:02 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1172243

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
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, if he will make an assessment of the relative fire safety danger posed by Fire Resistant Aluminium Composite cladding combined with phenolic insulation compared with High Pressure Laminate cladding.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	6113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The independent Expert Advisory Panel has provided clear advice to building owners with regards to the materials in the external walls of existing buildings. The advice was consolidated into a single document and was published on 20 January 2020: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/859285/Building_safety_advice_for_building_owners__including_fire_doors_-_January_2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/859285/Building_safety_advice_for_building_owners__including_fire_doors_-_January_2020.pdf</a></p><p>The advice is clear that the removal of unsafe ACM category 3 panels and actions to remediate unsafe HPL systems should be carried out as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 27/01/2020 17:56:27 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 3080 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