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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will update Approved Document B to make clear that cladding must be of limited combustibility.

We are working with industry experts to complete work to clarify the approved documents on fire safety and this will include the guidance on external wall construction. This will then be the subject of a full public consultation.

The current guidance already makes it clear that materials of limited combustibility should be used or the proposed wall construction should adequately resist the spread of fire in accordance with British Standard 8414. This is why the Government commissioned a series of BS 8414 tests showing which combinations of materials could present a risk to public safety.