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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2019 to Question 214560 on Buildings: Insulation, whether his Department plans to source material samples for the non-Aluminium Composite Material testing programme from the open market or if the material samples will be procured directly from manufacturers.

Samples for testing are being obtained through a range of sources depending on their availability.