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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what tests the Building Research Establishment is carrying out on cladding samples sent for analysis after the Grenfell Tower fire.

A note explaining the government building safety programme, including an explanation of the methodology being used by the Building Research Establishment to test samples of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) panels, has been published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing