High Rise Flats: Safety

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 4 November 2019.

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Photo of Steve McCabe Steve McCabe Labour, Birmingham, Selly Oak

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding from the affordable homes budget has been allocated to tower block safety measures since the Grenfell fire.

Photo of Esther McVey Esther McVey Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Holding answer received on 28 October 2019

The government have committed £600 million for the remediation of buildings with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding. Of this, £400 million has been allocated from the current Affordable Housing Programme to fund Social Sector Cladding Remediation, and will be returned to the Affordable Housing Programme in 2021/22.

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