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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the material used to clad Grenfell Tower was approved under British standards and has subsequently failed British Research Establishment tests.

The Government cannot release information specific to the Grenfell Tower, as this would currently cut across the police investigation underway. A Government note was published last week at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing , which explains the requirements in Building Regulations for external walls not to allow fire spread.