Grenfell Tower: Fires

(asked on 13th July 2017) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that all those homes affected by the Grenfell Tower fire have access to appropriate translation services and that all information provided by the Government and Kensington and Chelsea Council is translated into the 21 languages spoken by the residents of that building.


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Lord Sharma
This question was answered on 20th July 2017

Translation services are provided by the local authorities that manage the Westway Assistance Centre using existing contracted providers, with additional support available from voluntary sector organisations.

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