Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his answer of 12 December 2017 to Question 116791, when he expects a resolution to the outstanding issues regarding council tenants who formerly resided in Grenfell Tower retaining the right to buy.

The Government has been clear that residents who held a council tenancy in Grenfell Tower or Grenfell Walk will be offered a new home that will be on at least the same terms as the one they lost. Survivors who held a council tenancy at Grenfell Tower or Grenfell Walk will have the Right to Buy their permanent new home.

Those in council homes will have the right to buy automatically and where the permanent home is a housing association property, the Council has asked for former tenants to have the right to buy, and the relevant housing associations have agreed. Officials from my Department have regular meetings with representatives from Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea about rehousing, including the Right to Buy. Residents raise this issue either directly with members and officers of the Council when they discuss the options for rehousing or through their legal representatives when seeking to negotiate the tenancy of a new home, but the Council are clear that these issues have no effect on the overall policy in any practical way.