Buildings: Insulation

(asked on 17th May 2019) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the (a) individuals and (b) organisations that attended the large-scale tests conducted on systems containing Aluminium Composite Material cladding that took place in the summer 2017.


Answered by
Kit Malthouse Portrait
Kit Malthouse
This question was answered on 23rd May 2019

The information that the Department holds on these tests shows that representatives of the following organisations observed one or more of the large-scale tests undertaken in the summer 2017:

  • Building Research Establishment Ltd (BRE);
  • Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG);
  • Exova (UK) ltd;
  • HM Chief Insp. of the Fire Service (Scotland);
  • CSTodd and Associates ltd;
  • Edinburgh University;
  • The Department’s Independent Expert advisory Panel;
  • National Fire Chief Council (NFCC);
  • Institute of Fire Engineer (IFE);
  • Scottish Building Standards;
  • Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association (MIMA);
  • British Rigid Urethane Foam Manufacturers' Association (BRUFMA);
  • Booth Muirie ltd;
  • Siderise ltd; and
  • United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS);

Under the Data Protection Act 2018 the Department would not normally disclose personal information about individuals.

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