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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has taken steps with the (a) fire and rescue services and (b) Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors on increasing the number of skilled professionals able to undertake external wall fire safety assessments.

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer for PQ UIN 94499, answered on 1 October 2020.