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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many emails were received by the email address set up to allow tower block residents to report safety fears following the Grenfell Tower fire in each month from its creation to the end of November 2019.

Following the Grenfell fire the Housing Checks mailbox was established to allow local authorities (LAs) and housing associations (HAs) to report their stock of buildings with unsafe Aluminium Composite Cladding. The inbox was advertised on Gov.uk. We are aware that other organisations and bodies have sent mail to this inbox on housing safety issues. As of November 2019, there were in excess of 9000 emails in the Housing Checks mailbox dating back from June 2017.

We do not record the number of emails received each month from residents to the Housing Checks inbox. Residents with concerns should contact the department through the online portal: https://forms.communities.gov.uk.