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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Statement of 11 December 2018, HCWS1169 on Contingent Liability for the Joint Inspection Team, when the Joint Inspection Taskforce was originally due to be operational; and whether that taskforce is now fully operational.

The Local Government Association (LGA) who host the Joint Inspection Team has recruited all key members of the Team. They are engaging with local authorities who have sought their support in dealing with the remediation of private sector high rise residential building with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding.