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1242793

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how long they estimate it will take to carry out External Wall Surveys (EWS) on all buildings that are currently required by mortgage providers to have an EWS1 certificate before owners can re-mortgage or sell their properties.
tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
uin	HL9127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>The External Wall System form (EWS1) and process is designed and implemented by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in conjunction with mortgage lenders to assist with valuation of high-rise residential buildings. Some lenders do not require an EWS1 form, and others seek them for a greater range of buildings than the process was designed for. It is not a Government policy or regulatory requirement and the department does not hold data on its use.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL9128 question first answered 19/10/2020 16:41:03 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender

1242794

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many buildings, including those (1) with shared ownership properties, and (2) over 18 metres tall, are currently required by mortgage providers to have an External Wall Survey 1 form before an owner can re-mortgage or sell properties within that building.
tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
uin	HL9128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>The External Wall System form (EWS1) and process is designed and implemented by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in conjunction with mortgage lenders to assist with valuation of high-rise residential buildings. Some lenders do not require an EWS1 form, and others seek them for a greater range of buildings than the process was designed for. It is not a Government policy or regulatory requirement and the department does not hold data on its use.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL9127 question first answered 19/10/2020 16:41:03 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender

1242418

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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, when he plans to publish the outcome of the review of the ban on the use of combustible materials in and on the external walls of buildings.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	101994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 100277 on 12 October 2020.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 102154 question first answered 15/10/2020 14:38:29 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1242505

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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 hold discussions with representatives of the British Standards Institution on creating a British Standard for fire safety inspections of building cladding systems.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	102039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>My officials hold regular discussions with the British Standards Institution to support our work to improve building safety. We are funding the British Standards Institution to develop technical guidance to support professionals to make an assessment of the fire risk posed by external wall systems. This guidance will support industry to upskill more professionals to take on this work and will increase the quality and consistency of these assessments. This guidance is currently in development and is expected to be published in July 2021.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/10/2020 13:38:46 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1242525

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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 introduce a model similar to Flood Re for fire risk assessments.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	102044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government is aware that many fire safety professionals are struggling to obtain appropriate professional indemnity insurance (PII). PII cover is essential for these professionals to undertake fire risk assessments on multi-storey residential buildings. The Building Safety Minister is holding regular roundtables with insurance industry representatives to address this issue and a number of options are being considered.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/10/2020 13:46:40 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1242538

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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 much the Welsh Government has received in Barnett consequentials as a result of the £1.6 billion allocated to cladding remediation in England.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	101980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>At Spring Budget 2020, £1 billion of additional funding was allocated to cladding remediation in England through the creation of the Building Safety Fund. This generated a Barnett consequential of around £59 million for the Welsh Government. The remaining £600m was funded through existing MHCLG budgets as set at the 2015 Spending Review. The Welsh Government has therefore already received the Barnett consequentials associated with this funding.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury’s Block Grant Transparency publication sets out the breakdown of changes in the devolved administrations’ block grants, including all Barnett consequentials, since the 2015 Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>This is available on the gov.uk website here:</p><p> </p><p><em>www.gov.uk/government/publications/block-grant-transparency-july-2020</em></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 15/10/2020 10:38:55 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1242582

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the Review of the ban on the use of combustible materials in and on the external walls of buildings, which closed for consultation on 25 May 2020.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	102154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 100277 on 12 October 2020.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 101994 question first answered 15/10/2020 14:38:29 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1241702

registered interest
date	08/10/2020
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 it is Government policy to require mortgage lenders to obtain a valid EWS1 form from applications to satisfy lending criteria.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	100963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>The External Wall System process (EWS1) is designed and implemented by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in conjunction with mortgage lenders to assist with valuation of high-rise residential buildings. The use of the EWS1 form is determined by the lending policies of banks and building societies, although not all lenders require one. It is not a Government policy or regulatory requirement.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 15/10/2020 16:57:55 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1241703

registered interest
date	08/10/2020
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 the Department has made of the number of commercial fire engineers who are employed in advising mortgage providers and industry on high rise and complex building safety.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	100964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>As indicated in my answer to Question UIN 75346 on 24 July 2020, the Department does not hold data on the number of commercial fire engineers. The Institution of Fire Engineers has informed MHCLG that there are around 291 chartered fire engineers who can carry out an EWS1 survey. Nonetheless, the Department is aware that there are challenges around availability of professionals to undertake fire safety assessments, including those who are employed in advising mortgage providers and industry on high rise and complex building safety. We are working with professional bodies to increase the number of skilled professionals who can undertake external wall assessments where one is required.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 15/10/2020 16:58:26 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1241704

registered interest
date	08/10/2020
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, how much and what proportion of the Building Safety Programme has been paid out for the removal of combustible cladding.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	100965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government has allocated £600 million for funding to remove unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding from high rise residential buildings. Information on how much of the funding has been approved for the removal and replacement of unsafe ACM can be found on the Building Safety Programme Monthly Data Release, available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Faluminium-composite-material-cladding%23acm-remediation-data&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C76c306f6063b4211f84d08d86f5de2e7%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637381796308128653&amp;sdata=17yFP3ApI748kvnpvnkh3%2BSKJGJJO9fWe2Mzyca5lBI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/aluminium-composite-material-cladding#acm-remediation-data</a>.</p><p>In addition to this, the Government is allocating £1 billion for the Building Safety Fund in 2020/21 to support the remediation of other types of unsafe cladding systems (‘non-ACM’) on high rise residential buildings. We are currently processing registrations to the Building Safety Fund and working with building owners to assess their eligibility for the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 15/10/2020 16:59:32 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord