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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to support the large-scale testing of unsafe cladding that is made of materials other than aluminium composite material.

In line with advice from the Government's independent expert advisory panel, my Department issued advice to building owners on 11 December 2017 about external wall systems that do not incorporate aluminium composite material (ACM) panels. The advice can be found at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/666190/111217_Advice_note_-_Non-ACM_advice.pdf

My Department has also commissioned further research on the fire performance of external wall systems, which we expect to publish later this year.