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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance his Department has for leaseholders where a B2 rating of a building given in an EWS1 survey was made on the basis of incorrect information, including an error in the identification of the type of cladding on a building's exterior.

Building owners are responsible for commissioning an EWS1 assessment. The Building Owner should address any concerns about the process and outcome of an assessment with the professionals who conducted the assessments, and their professional bodies, as necessary. Assessments should not recommend costly remediation work unless there is evidence of genuine fire safety risks that can not be addressed by risk management or mitigation.