Ms Katie McNelis:

The survey was finalised after the holidays and we eventually got it in the post around 16 or 17 September. It had not been sent out in all counties by then. The Thatch Insurance Action Group had a meeting with some members of the steering committee in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage who said they would have to send out more surveys. The other survey was to fire chiefs or fire officers to rein in whatever information they could get on how many thatched properties had ever been subject to destruction by fire. It is to see where that lies, so that, eventually, we will get some insurance scheme but we do not know what is going on.