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1655765

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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 he is taking steps to help leaseholders who cannot sell their homes due to managing agents not providing deeds of certificate for cladding.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	195662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>The lack of a landlord's certificate, should not, in most cases, be a barrier to the sale of a property over 11 metres. If a landlord does not provide a valid landlord's certificate within 4 weeks of a leaseholder requesting a certificate (if necessary, via the managing agent), they will be unable legally to pass costs for remediation onto qualifying leaseholders. <br> <br> A leaseholder can evidence they qualify to receive the protections from remediation costs in the Building Safety Act by completing a leaseholder deed of certificate. This certificate should be sufficient evidence for a lender to consider a mortgage application for a building with building safety issues; major mortgage lenders (covering 70% of the UK mortgage market) have committed to this in a joint statement.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 06/09/2023 16:41:41 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1656261

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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 he plans to offer financial assistance to businesses that may have lost trade because their building is covered in scaffolding in order to repair unsafe cladding.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	195672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>Government building safety schemes provide funding for the remediation or mitigation of life safety fire risks associated with externally clad walls, ensuring the safety of all occupants, including co-located businesses. While there is no additional funding for businesses affected by necessary remediation works, we do expect companies in these buildings to be consulted about proposed repairs. We also require construction companies funded to carry out this work to comply with the Considerate Constructors Scheme, through which they work to manage the impact on the local community and the environment.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 06/09/2023 16:42:22 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1648347

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
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 what steps they are taking to persuade foreign developers to contribute to fix cladding issues identified following the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL8836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to my answer to question <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-02-22%2Fhl5795&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C502d14ade96c4fa77ced08db7ee8c993%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638243310492297901%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2BzyqlY5aiVaJVRJhg1XfmXJ1RlasLF92vAZ%2FL3dqui0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">HL 5795</a> on 8 March 2023. The Government expects developers to do the right thing irrespective of where they are based.</p><p>To date, 49 developers have signed a developer remediation contract with the Government, committing to remediate or pay to remediate buildings that they developed or refurbished. Several of those signatories are foreign-owned.</p><p>On 3 July 2023, we made regulations to establish a Responsible Actors Scheme. Members of the Scheme will be required to enter into and comply with the developer remediation contract. Any eligible developer who does not do so will be prohibited from carrying out major development and from securing building control approval. Any overseas-based developer that meets the criteria will be eligible for the Scheme. Similarly, the Government's Building Safety Levy will apply to in-scope developments by all developers, irrespective of where the developer is based.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL8837 question first answered 11/07/2023 13:47:04 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook attachment 1 file name HL5795.pdf title PQ HL5795
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1648348

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
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 when they expect cladding manufacturers to make an appropriate contribution to fix cladding issues identified following the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL8837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to my answer to question <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-02-22%2Fhl5795&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C502d14ade96c4fa77ced08db7ee8c993%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638243310492297901%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2BzyqlY5aiVaJVRJhg1XfmXJ1RlasLF92vAZ%2FL3dqui0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">HL 5795</a> on 8 March 2023. The Government expects developers to do the right thing irrespective of where they are based.</p><p>To date, 49 developers have signed a developer remediation contract with the Government, committing to remediate or pay to remediate buildings that they developed or refurbished. Several of those signatories are foreign-owned.</p><p>On 3 July 2023, we made regulations to establish a Responsible Actors Scheme. Members of the Scheme will be required to enter into and comply with the developer remediation contract. Any eligible developer who does not do so will be prohibited from carrying out major development and from securing building control approval. Any overseas-based developer that meets the criteria will be eligible for the Scheme. Similarly, the Government's Building Safety Levy will apply to in-scope developments by all developers, irrespective of where the developer is based.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL8836 question first answered 11/07/2023 13:47:04 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook attachment 1 file name HL5795.pdf title PQ HL5795
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1646533

registered interest
date	21/06/2023
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 data the Government held on the remediation of buildings that have non-ACM cladding safety faults as of 21 June 2023.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	190513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>Information on the remediation progress of high-rise residential buildings with unsafe non-ACM cladding systems progressing through the Building Safety Fund can be found <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fremediation-of-non-acm-buildings%23building-safety-fund-registrations-private-sector-and-social-sector&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C55f0ac3c43f240b2fbaa08db77188e99%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638234719572667221%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jf2wTiwEuSjpT2uAS2NFiWVuF26hqRh3oInTgfxbhtE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Information on the remediation progress of buildings that are covered by the developer remediation contract and which have life-critical fire safety defects (including unsafe non-ACM cladding systems) and on the progress of buildings in the Cladding Safety Scheme is being collated and will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 29/06/2023 15:34:38 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1645288

registered interest
date	16/06/2023
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, with reference to Government grants statistics 2020 to 2021, published 31 March 2022, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Private Sector ACM Cladding Remediation Fund.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	189945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-06-08%2F188581&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C5c1b8648489f4f2d5b6a08db723ca864%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638229377063370975%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=dcE8sFNcKAVvWo3dK9hBkmEgAMP51T%2BJ822OPzo3NH8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">188581</a> on 14 June 2023.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 189813 189814 189815 189816 189817 189818 189819 189820 189821 189822 189946 189947 189948 189953 189954 189955 189956 189957 189970 189971 189972 189973 189974 189975 189976 189977 189978 189979 189980 189981 189982 189983 189984 question first answered 22/06/2023 09:51:31 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1639666

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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 steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) future costs incurred by cladding remedial work are not passed onto leaseholders and (b) freeholders meet their legal responsibilities to fund remedial work as stipulated in the Building Safety Act 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	186435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>Last year 49 of the largest housebuilders signed a public pledge committing to fix life-critical fire safety defects in residential buildings 11 metres or more in height which they developed or refurbished in England over the last 30 years. 48 developers have since signed the developer remediation contract giving legal effect to those commitments. Where a developer cannot be identified, traced or held responsible for remediating the building, or has not yet agreed to pay for their own buildings, the Building Safety Fund is available to ensure that eligible buildings over 18 metres are made safe. The Government has also launched a new scheme to provide funding for the remediation or mitigation of the fire safety risks linked to external wall system defects on medium-rise buildings (11-18 metres) where a responsible developer cannot be identified, traced or held responsible.</p><p>The Building Safety Act protects leaseholders from costs associated with remediating historical building safety defects by capping or preventing altogether the costs that can be recovered through the service charge. Where work is not funded by a responsible developer or grant, the Act makes clear that any remediation costs which the Act prevents being passed on to leaseholders must be met by building owners. Any building owners who refuse to meet costs for which they are now liable under the Act are acting unlawfully.</p><p>The Act grants new enforcement powers to regulatory bodies, the Secretary of State, and leaseholders, allowing them to compel building owners to fix, and pay to fix, unsafe buildings for which they are responsible. Enforcement action will be taken against those who are holding up remediation works, where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 05/06/2023 16:49:47 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

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