Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of hospital buildings, of all heights, that use combustible cladding or combustible insulation.

The regulations implementing the ban on the use of combustible materials in the external walls of certain new high rise buildings, including hospitals, came into force on 21 December 2018. The Government is committed to reviewing the regulations after a year of their operation. The Department of Health and Social Care and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government continue to discuss these matters.

Data is not held centrally on hospitals or other National Health Service buildings that have combustible cladding.