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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of the Building Safety Programme has been paid out for the removal of combustible cladding.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate the Department has made of the number of commercial fire engineers who are employed in advising mortgage providers and industry on high rise and complex buil...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether it is Government policy to require mortgage lenders to obtain a valid EWS1 form from applications to satisfy lending criteria.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a target date for the completion of the removal of combustible cladding by freehold owners of residential prope...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using compulsory purchase orders on freeholders who refuse to engage in the removal of combustible cladding.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the amount of funding required to remove all serious fire-related safety defects in high-risk residential buildings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated to the cladding remediation fund.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the £1 billion fund announced for the removal of dangerous cladding from high rise buildings, on 26 May 2020, whether the fund will cover the cost of removal fo...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support or guidance is available to leaseholders on their rights with regard to leases on residential properties.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when officials of his Department last met mortgage providers; and whether the use of the EWS1 form was raised at that meeting.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will work with mortgage lenders and providers to ensure that sources of evidence other than the EWS1 form are available to provide accurate valuation information for proper...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish guidance clarifying whether all properties require an EWS1 form for the purposes of sale or remortgage.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether agreements are in place between hsi Department and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors stating that a building owner must produce a valid EWS1 form for the purpose...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether an organised religious service that takes place in a (a) back garden and (b) other outside venue, whilst respecting social distancing, complies with the covid-19 lockdown...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to guidance on covid-19 lockdown restrictions, what his Department defines as a place of worship.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on economic supply chains of the (a) construction industry and (b) residential property purchase sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of trendS in the level of Public Health Funeral costs in England in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of public health funerals conducted by local authorities in England in each of the last 3 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing local authority greater autonomy on freedom to borrow for revenue funding as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will allow local authorities greater flexibility in the use of financial receipts over future years in order to address monetary demands following the covid-19 outbreak.