Charlotte Nichols: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he made of the potential merits of his policy to provide funding to remove cladding from buildings over 18m and loans to leaseholders living in buildings with cladding under 18m.
Christopher Pincher: The Building Safety Fund should not be the only means of funding the remediation of unsafe cladding on high-rise residential buildings. Building owners should meet the costs without passing them on to leaseholders wherever possible, through their own resources or by recovering costs from applicable warranty schemes or from the developers or contractors who were responsible for the...
Christopher Pincher: We are taking decisive action to improve building safety and prioritising unsafe cladding which is a higher risk and can act as a fire accelerant – and is a greater risk in higher rise blocks. It is right that we prioritise action on higher rise buildings (over 18 metres) where risk to multiple households is greater when fire spreads. 18 metres is the height referenced in building...
Christopher Pincher: We have announced a multi-billion investment to protect hundreds of thousands of leaseholders from the cost of replacing unsafe cladding on their homes. We will publish more details on how these schemes will work shortly.
Christopher Pincher: We have announced a multi-billion pound investment to protect hundreds of thousands of leaseholders from the cost of replacing unsafe cladding on their homes, and will be publishing more details on how these schemes will work.
Matthew Offord: ...and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the value of a residential property under 18 metres of a liability to remove combustible external cladding.
Matthew Offord: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average amount is that a leaseholder would have to pay in the event that the removal of combustible external cladding on the exterior of their property is required.
Philip Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his oral contribution on Building Safety on 10 February 2021, Official report, column 329, whether cladding on residential buildings of less than 11 metres in height by default does not require remedial work; and if he will make a statement.
Gareth Thomas: ...of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the number of EWS1 certificates being required by mortgage lenders for buildings which either do not have cladding or are primarily finished in brick; and if he will make a statement.
Christopher Pincher: ...we have announced, along with the funding we have already committed for ACM remediation and the Building Safety Fund for non-ACM remediation, is intended to fully fund the cost of replacing unsafe cladding for all leaseholders in residential buildings 18 metres and over in England. We will publish more details on how the additional funding will work alongside the existing funds soon.
Matthew Offord: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Building Safety Fund will cover non-cladding fire defects.
Daisy Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether it is his policy that cladding remediation costs will not be withheld pending the (a) completion or (b) confirmed funding of separate fire safety projects.
Christopher Pincher: ...financial risk to inform valuation and is not linked to the Building Safety Fund registration process. We will be publishing more details on how the additional funding for the removal of unsafe cladding announced on 10 February will work alongside the Building Safety Fund.
Tim Farron: ...they are facing the end of their financial resources, too. The Government say they will fund the making safe of blocks that are higher than 18 metres, but actually that funding relates only to the cladding of those buildings; it does not cover other things that may make those buildings unsafe. What about wooden balconies or cement particle board behind the cladding? That also needs to be...
Steve Barclay: ...on 10 February 2021. That statement announced plans to introduce a new tax for the UK residential property development sector in 2022, to ensure the largest developers make a fair contribution to cladding remediation costs. The tax will apply on a UK-wide basis and the government will consult with industry on further policy design considerations in due course, to ensure the tax is...
Alison Thewliss: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government's statement of 10 February 2021 on unsafe cladding, whether those funds will be subject to Barnett consequentials.
Thangam Debbonaire: ...of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the (a) average and (b) maximum cost per leaseholder of remediating buildings between 11m and 18m with dangerous cladding.
Hilary Benn: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the additional funding and loans to remove unsafe cladding announced on 10 February 2021 will be available to (a) non-resident leaseholders who are renting our their flats and (b) owner occupier leaseholders; and if he will make a statement.
Thangam Debbonaire: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the announcement Government to bring an end to unsafe cladding with multi-billion pound intervention, whether the maximum £50 per month leaseholders will pay for cladding removal will increase with inflation.
Thangam Debbonaire: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his announcement Government to bring an end to unsafe cladding with multi-billion pound intervention, what estimate he has made of the amount that will be raised through the Gateway 2 levy.