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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant the Answer of 4 February 2019 to Question 214560 on Buildings: Insulation, if his Department will publish guidance for building owners and local authorities with buildings with High-Pressure Laminate cladding before the BS 8414 test is carried out outlining what steps should be taken if that system fails the test.

The Independent Expert Panel has regularly considered the risks of non-Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) and the action the Department should take. As a result, in December 2018, the Department issued updated advice to building owners about how to investigate non-ACM cladding systems on their buildings, and how to remediate them. The Department will consider, in the light of the findings of the research and with the advice of the Independent Expert Panel, whether any further action is necessary.