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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has received advice from the National Fire Chiefs Council on the relative fire safety risk of high-rise buildings clad in (a) ACM, (b) HPL and (c) other types of external cladding.

The Department has published advice to building owners on external wall systems (including cladding) from the Independent Expert Advisory Panel, of which the Chair of National Fire Chiefs Council is a member. The advice can be found at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-advice-for-building-owners-including-fire-doors.