Buildings: Insulation

(asked on 28th September 2020) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to work with mortgage providers and insurers to ensure that they are complying with his Department’s guidance on requiring External Wall Fire Review assessments on buildings under 18 metres.


Answered by
Christopher Pincher Portrait
Christopher Pincher
This question was answered on 1st October 2020

The Department published advice from the Independent Expert Advisory Panel in January advising all building owners to ensure that their buildings are safe and that this should include the building’s external walls regardless of height. This was guidance for building owners, not lenders or insurers. To support the valuation process for high-rise residential blocks, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors designed the EWS1 process. This is not a regulatory requirement and we are working with lenders and professional bodies to support a pragmatic approach, especially for lower rise blocks.

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