Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff

(asked on 5th July 2017) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of the policy advisers in his Department are experts in external wall insulation systems, including cladding systems; and what qualifications and experience inform their expertise.


Answered by
Alok Sharma Portrait
Alok Sharma
COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 14th July 2017

The Department employs staff with expertise in a range of technical building issues, including with expertise related to aspects of external wall insulation and cladding systems, and with specific fire safety expertise.

The independent expert panel will provide advice to the government on any immediate measures needed to make buildings safe following the Grenfell Tower fire.

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