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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints he has received about a conflict of interest in assessments conducted by the National House Building Council in relation to Approved Document M.

The Department is not aware of any specific complaints of this nature involving assesments conducted by the National House Building Council in relation to Approved Document M. Complaints about approved inspectors such as the National House Building Council should be made to CICAIR Limited, the body designated to carry out executive and administrative functions in respect of approved inspectors.