Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to support people in Wales with incorrectly installed cavity wall insulation.
Answered by Lee Rowley
This is a devolved matter.
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the insurance industry on premiums for buildings affected by fire and building safety issues.
Answered by Lee Rowley
The Government continues to work with the insurance industry to press for fair and proportionate premiums for leaseholders living in buildings with fire safety issues.
The Government expects the industry to launch their risk sharing scheme as a matter of urgency, and departmental officials and I continue to correspond and meet the Association of British Insurers and industry to make this clear.
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many developments affected by fire and building safety issues have undergone remediation works funded by developers; and what estimate he has made of the total value of those works as of 20 December 2022.
Answered by Lee Rowley
Information and data on the remediation progress of high-rise (over 18 metres) residential and publicly-owned buildings with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding systems, including information on the source of funding for remediation works, is available in the Building Safety Programme data release here.
Information on buildings that have received or were due to receive government funding from the Building Safety Fund, Private Sector ACM Cladding Remediation Fund, or Social Sector ACM Cladding Remediation Fund, but will now be funded by developers is being collated.
The developer remediation contract is being finalised and will be published shortly.
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on ensuring UK-wide developers fulfil commitments to (a) remediate and (b) pay for historic fire and building safety defects.
Answered by Lee Rowley
The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities discussed respective approaches to building safety with Ministers from all governments on 24 May 2022. Officials have continued regular engagement on shared building safety issues. An update on progress will be discussed at the next meeting of the Interministerial Group.
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he had with the Welsh Government in the last month prior to his statement on Building Safety on 10 January 2022.
Answered by Christopher Pincher
The Secretary of State has fortnightly calls with the First Ministers of the devolved governments, including the First Minister of the Welsh Government to discuss a wide range of issues. The Department also has a close-working relationship with the devolved administrations on building safety. Officials meet with representatives of all three devolved administrations to discuss building safety fortnightly.