Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 6 November 2017, Official Report, column 1212, how many of the 26 student residential buildings that have failed tests through the building safety programme are owned by (a) universities and (b) others in the private sector.

My department’s officials are in regular contact with counterparts at the Department for Education and with student residence buildings owners to ensure the safety of students living in the 26 student residences which have been identified with Aluminium Composite Material cladding which is unlikely to meet the limited combustibility requirements set out in Building Regulations guidance. We are considering what further information it may be appropriate to release.