To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's letter to Sir Martin Moore Bick of 10 May 2018 announcing her intention to appoint two additional panel members to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry for Phase 2, and the Grenfell
Cabinet Office
The timing and handling of the Inquiry is a matter for the independent Inquiry and the Government hopes that the report for phase 1 will be published soon. The Grenfell Tower Inquiry has already begun Phase 2 with the ongoing disclosure of thousands of do...
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the timeframe is for a report on phase one of the Grenfell Tower inquiry led by Sir Martin Moore-Bick will be published.
Cabinet Office
The timing and handling of the Inquiry is a matter for the independent Inquiry and the Government hopes that the report for phase 1 will be published soon.The Grenfell Tower Inquiry has already begun Phase 2 with the ongoing disclosure of thousands of doc...
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the implications for the Government's policies of the report entitled, Family reflections on Grenfell: No voice left unheard, published on 8 May 2019 by Inquest; and if she will
Cabinet Office
The Government set up the independent Grenfell Tower Inquiry to get to the truth of what happened, deliver justice for victims, survivors, bereaved families and the wider community, and to ensure that such a terrible tragedy could never happen again. The ...
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That this House notes with concern that a significant proportion of notice boards installed in school classrooms do not comply with current fire standards; is alarmed that in many instances notice boards are installed from an imported product currently marketed as being suitable for the manufacture of firelighters; notes that according to the Home Office Incident Reporting System there were 682 school fires in 2017-18 in England and that 30 per cent of school fires occurred with children in t...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's letter to Sir Martin Moore Bick of 10 May 2018 announcing her intention to appoint two additional panel members to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry for Phase 2, and the Grenfell
Cabinet Office
The process of identifying suitable panel members is underway. Prior to the appointment of panel members, the Prime Minister will consult with the Chair of the Inquiry and seek his consent as required by the Inquiries Act 2005. An announcement will be mad...
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2019 to Question 236427, for what reasons his Department did not issue a frequently asked question on its planning portal to clarify that fille
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
This is a matter for the Grenfell Tower Inquiry which will be looking specifically at recommendations received from experts, professionals and trade bodies, and what steps were taken by Central Government in response to these recommendations.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2019 to Question 232574 on Buildings: Insulation, whether his Department consulted (a) Dr Barbara Lane or (b) Professor Jose Torero, expert wit
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
The Department has not consulted Dr Barbara Lane or Professor Jose Torero on the design of the test. The test has been designed in line with standard industry practice.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has spent on legal representation for (a) bereaved, (b) survivor and (c) local resident core participants since the inquiry was set up.
Cabinet Office
The independent Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry is committed to publishing its costs on a regular basis. Costs for Phase 1 will be published once Phase 1 has completed.
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Cabinet Office
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry is an independent public Inquiry. The timetable for the Inquiry’s work is a matter for the Inquiry Chair, Sir Martin Moore-Bick. The Chair set out next steps for the Inquiry's work at the conclusion of the Phase 1 hearings on 12...
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Cabinet Office
The independent Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry is committed to publishing its costs on a regular basis. Costs for Phase 1 will be published once Phase 1 has completed. The Cabinet Office has not incurred any consultancy spend in relation to the Inquiry.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total value of his Department's consultancy expenditure relating to the Grenfell Tower inquiry is.
Cabinet Office
The independent Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry is committed to publishing its costs on a regular basis. Costs for Phase 1 will be published once Phase 1 has completed. The Cabinet Office has not incurred any consultancy spend in relation to the Inquiry.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much money has been allocated from the public purse by the Legal Aid Agency for legal teams of the survivors and bereaved families in the Grenfell Inquiry as of the start of the opening statements to that in
Cabinet Office
The Prime Minister has made clear that survivors, families of victims and local residents affected by the Grenfell Tower tragedy will have government funding for legal representation. This was confirmed by the Prime Minister’s notice of determination to t...
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that appointments to the Grenfell Tower inquiry panel will represent survivors and bereaved families.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that appointments to the Grenfell Tower inquiry panel have the confidence of survivors and bereaved families.
Cabinet Office
I refer the Honourable Member to the 11 May letter that the Prime Minister wrote to the Inquiry Chair, Sir Martin Moore-Bick, confirming her decision to appoint additional panel members gov.uk https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/grenfell-tower-inqu...
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That this House notes that at present there is no statutory requirement for landlords to PAT test electrical appliances in their rental properties; believes the appalling Grenfell Tower tragedy, which cost the lives of 71 people and left hundreds more homeless, started as a result of a faulty electrical appliance; and calls on the Government to encourage insurers to take PAT testing into account when evaluating tenanted premises to make PAT testing in rental properties a requirement and to he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2017 to Question 110635, on Grenfell Tower: fires, what discussions he has had with the Metropolitan Police on the timescale for (a) concludi
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Speaking at the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s procedural hearing on 21 March, the Metropolitan Police Service’s legal representative remarked that the forensic and evidential picture about the cause and spread of the Grenfell Tower fire was not going to be com...
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has held with Kensington and Chelsea Council on the provision of (a) housing and (b) other support services for individuals bereaved by the Grenfell Tower fir
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
My Department has regular discussions with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on housing and other support services for those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire, including some who do not have settled immigration status. The Government will ensu...
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office , whether the inquiry led by Sir Martin Moore-Bick into the Grenfell Tower fire considered the socio-economic duty in Section 1 of the Equality Act 2010; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of th
Cabinet Office
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry is considering a range of issues in relation to the Grenfell Tower fire. It hopes to complete its initial report, focussing on the events of the night of 14 June 2017, in autumn 2018.
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Cabinet Office
The Inquiry timetable and the working hours of the team are matters for the Chairman of the independent Inquiry. At the Inquiry's procedural hearing on 11 and 12 December the Inquiry Counsel gave an update on the work of the Inquiry so far. He confirmed ...
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Cabinet Office
The Inquiry timetable and the working hours of the team are matters for the Chairman of the independent Inquiry. At the Inquiry's procedural hearing on 11 and 12 December the Inquiry Counsel gave an update on the work of the Inquiry so far. He confirmed ...
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has held with the Prime Minister on the appointment of panel members to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.
Cabinet Office
I refer the Honourable Gentleman to the Prime Minister’s Written Statement of 14 September. Information about internal discussion and advice is not normally disclosed.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Grenfell Tower fire survivors and families have received legal representation funded by the Government; and how much has been set aside to fund the legal representation of those affected by the Grenfell
Cabinet Office
Funding for legal representation for those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire is a matter for the independent Grenfell Tower Inquiry, to be decided in line with the Inquiries Act 2005, the Inquiry Rules 2006, the Inquiry’s costs protocol (‘Protocol Relat...
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To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his oral contribution of 5 September 2017, Official Report, column 78, what steps his Department has taken to establish a family bereavement centre for families affected by th
Department for Communities and Local Government
The Family and Friends Assistance Centre is a centre for bereaved families providing them with access to professional support from a multi-disciplinary team and space to spend time together. The centre has been operational since the immediate days followi...
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