High Rise Flats: Slough

(asked on 2nd February 2021) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, by which date will the Government plans to ensure that there were be no cladding or other structural fire risks present as to prevent the issuing of an EWS1 certificate on or within the Kingswood House residential building in Slough.


Answered by
Christopher Pincher Portrait
Christopher Pincher
This question was answered on 8th February 2021

The Government does not publicly disclose information about individual buildings. The EWS1 form is not a building safety certificate. It is a process requested by valuers, on behalf of mortgage lenders, to understand potential financial risk and to inform a property valuation.

The Government is clear that building safety is the responsibility of building owners and has given expert advice on a range of safety issues to provide clarity. To help increase the pace of remediation, the Government has made £1.6 billion of public funding available for the remediation of unsafe cladding on high rise residential buildings. In addition to funding the removal of unsafe cladding, Government is also providing expert technical and pre-tender financial support for successful fund applicants. Where building owners have still failed to act, despite support, we have supported enforcement action.

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