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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is making an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the threshold at which combustible building materials can be used from 18 metres to 11 metres.

As stated in the explanatory memorandum, the Department intends to review the ban annually through monitoring arrangements and advice from bodies such as Building Regulations Advisory Committee for England. This will include considering the scope of the ban

The Department is currently undertaking this review and will report shortly.