Written questions by Hume.

Communities and Local Government, if she will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of creating a Minister for Coastal Communities to oversee a coastal strategy.

There are no current plans to create a Minister for Coastal Communities. As Minister for Local Growth, I am responsible for regional growth nationwide and recognise that coastal communities can make a contribution to growth. The Plan for Neighbourhoods will support regeneration across the country including in many of our cherished coastal communities.

Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help support leaseholders that have had EWS1 forms issued by Tri Fire.

As per the answer given to Question UIN 28103 on 11 February 2025, my officials continue to regularly engage with the mortgage lending and insurance industries.Where a mortgage lender who is a signatory to the statement on cladding is not accepting an EWS1 for a building which requires work to remediate building safety defects, then leaseholders should provide alternative evidence that their building is in the Cladding Safety Scheme, Building Safety Fund or covered by a developer that has signed the Developer Remediation Contract. This evidence could be, for example, a letter from MHCLG or the developer. Leaseholders can also complete a Leaseholder Deed of Certificate to evidence they qualify for the leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act.For buildings which do not need remedial works, then lenders or insurers may accept Fire Risk Appraisals of External Walls.