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Written question asked by Andrew Gwynne (Labour) on Monday, 4 September 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 6 September 2017. It was answered by Lord Sharma (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 September 2017 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.


High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Oral Statement of 3 July 2017, Official Report, column 912, on Grenfell Tower, how many of the 181 samples that failed fire tests had been used alongside (a) stone wool insulation and (b) PIR foam insulation.

Answer

Summary advice published on 5 September (available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-update-and-consolidated-advice-for-building-owners-following-large-scale-testing) sets out the results of screening tests and the seven large-scale system tests conducted over the summer.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
7826
Session
2017-19
Related items
Grenfell Tower
Monday, 3 July 2017
Proceeding contributions
House of Commons
Subjects
Fire prevention Insulation Testing High rise flats
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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