PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Fire Resistant Materials (27 June 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that all building materials used in schools, hospitals, care homes, prisons and other public facilities with vulnerable inhabitants are tested for fire resistance.

Asked by:
Clive Lewis (Labour)

We have initiated testing in priority buildings across the public sector, including schools, hospitals, care homes and prisons. We are prioritising testing on buildings where people sleep overnight, which have Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding and are of a certain height. Where appropriate, organisations are working with the fire and rescue service locally to put in place precautionary safety checks and measures. We have appointed an expert panel to advise on further immediate steps which should be taken, including checking other materials.

Answered by:
Lord Sharma (Conservative)
4 July 2017