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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what date was originally specified in the contract with the Buildings Research Establishment for the completion of testing of non-aluminium composite materials.

The contract did not specify a date for the test programme to be completed but the contract period was originally agreed to end November 2018, with the option to extend for nine months. The Department has exercised that option.