Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the number of EWS1 certificates being required by mortgage lenders for buildings which either do not have cladding or are primarily finished in brick; and if he will make a statement.
The EWS1 process is not a Government form or regulatory requirement, and the Department does not hold data on its use. However, following the Government announcement in November 2020, leaseholders living in blocks with no cladding should not be asked to produce an EWS1 form to sell or re-mortgage their flat.