Buildings: Insulation

(asked on 28th March 2019) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2019 to Question 236427, for what reasons his Department did not issue a frequently asked question on its planning portal to clarify that filler material in the guidance Fire safety: Approved Document B2 12.7 includes the core of Aluminium Composite Material cladding, as agreed by officials at the Centre for Window and Cladding Technology Fire Group meeting of 2 July 2014.


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Kit Malthouse
This question was answered on 2nd April 2019

This is a matter for the Grenfell Tower Inquiry which will be looking specifically at recommendations received from experts, professionals and trade bodies, and what steps were taken by Central Government in response to these recommendations.

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