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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2017 to Question 179108 on System Building: Safety, if he will place a copy in the Library of the information his Department holds on the Building Research Establishment review of its risk assessment guidance.

The Building Research Establishment (BRE) have completed an initial review of their guidance on the assessment of the structural safety of large panel systems buildings and concluded that the guidance remains relevant and does not require an update at this stage - they will be keeping the situation under review. We do not hold any documentation pertaining to their decision.