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MHCLG – CLADDING SCANDAL & HOSPITALS (1) [173991] - 23 March 2021

MHCLG – CLADDING SCANDAL & HOSPITALS (1) [173991] - 23 March 2021

Dr Julian Lewis:  To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to survey the extent to which inflammable cladding has been used in significant quantities in (a) NHS hospitals and (b) other publicly-owned buildings; and what requirements he plans to promulgate for the replacement of that material.  [173991]

[Due for Answer on 13 April.] 

ANSWER

The Minister of State for Housing (Christopher Pincher):  MHCLG publishes data on the identification and remediation progress of high-rise residential and publicly owned buildings (hospitals and schools) in England with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet building regulations. The latest data is available here: