Asked by: Sarah Jones (Labour - Croydon West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of residential buildings between 11 and 18 metres high.
Answered by Christopher Pincher
The Home Office have published a recent estimate and methodology in this publication https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/831136/detailed-analysis-fires-attended-fire-rescue-england-1819-hosb1919.pdf .
Asked by: Sarah Jones (Labour - Croydon West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his statement of 20 January 2020 on Building Safety, Official Report, column 23, if he will publish the names of the 43 private residential tower block owners who according to the government's latest Building Safety Programme data release have not put a plan in place to remove unsafe ACM cladding by February 2020.
Answered by Christopher Pincher
Where building owners are failing to make acceptable progress, those responsible should expect further action to be taken – including naming and shaming and enforcement.
Asked by: Sarah Jones (Labour - Croydon West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data his Department is collecting on the cost of interim fire safety measures in high rise buildings being borne by (a) leaseholders, (b) councils and (c) housing associations; and if he will publish that data.
Answered by Christopher Pincher
The Department does not hold this information.
Asked by: Sarah Jones (Labour - Croydon West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2020 to Question 10387 on Buildings: Insulation, whether his Department is collecting information on buildings below 18 metres in height with unsafe ACM cladding system.
Answered by Luke Hall
Information on the external wall systems for residential buildings below 18 metres in height is not currently being collected by the Department while the data collection on external wall systems for residential buildings 18 metres or over in height is being undertaken. It is important to gain accurate information on these higher risk buildings first. We will consider further collections in due course.
Asked by: Sarah Jones (Labour - Croydon West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government's consolidated advice on building safety, published 20 January 2020, what estimate he has made of the number of residential buildings which (a) require an EWS1 form and (b) have been issued a completed EWS1 form.
Answered by Luke Hall
The EWS1 form is a form produced and owned by industry (the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, UK Finance and the Building Societies Association) to assist in the valuation of high rise residential buildings for mortgage purposes. Any requirement to use it is a lender decision. Industry is monitoring its use.