Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is adequate capacity of specialist fire safety skills in the housing sector to ensure the continuation at pace of the remediation of dangerous cladding.

From the outset of the programme the Department has engaged industry to ensure sufficient capacity exists to meet demand and to have arrangements in place to address any blockages in the supply chain. This included establishing the Industry Response Group.

The Department is aware of challenges with the capacity of professional fire expertise and associated public indemnity insurance constraints. With industry, the Department has several joint workstreams actively seeking to address this.