The Department has not made a specific assessment of the effectiveness of landowners’ obligations in relation to fire prevention adjacent to railway property. Responsibility for managing vegetation and other fire risks rests with the relevant landowner, while Network Rail works with neighbouring landowners where risks to the safe and reliable operation of the railway are identified and undertakes its own vegetation management programme to reduce the risk of disruption.

The Restoration and Renewal (R&R) Client Board’s recent report, Delivering restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster: the costed proposals (HC Paper 1576), sets out the costs for the four delivery options in several different ways, for example total programme costs, average annual costs and net present cost (page 121). The report is available at https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/51442/documents/285576/default/.

The timing and budgeted costing of major investments on the R&R Programme is best illustrated through the estimated spend profiles for each delivery option. The table below shows the estimated proportion of total Programme costs (excluding inflation and VAT, including opportunities), as set out in page 121 of the R&R Client Board’s report, in each 10 year period for the four R&R delivery options. These proportions are based on the shortest estimated programme schedules (P50) set out in the report (P50 is a confidence that the estimate will not be exceeded 50% of the time).

Table: Estimate percentage of total R&R programme spend in 10 year tranches to programme completion (P50, excluding inflation and VAT, including opportunities)

The R&R Client Board’s costed proposals report also presents total programme costs including inflation. Inflation is calculated using the estimated spend profiles in the table above and the inflation rates used are based on the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Report (November 2024):

• 2024/25: 2.25%

• 2025/26: 2.75%

• 2026/27: 2.25%

• 2027/28: 1.75%

• 2028/29 onwards: 2% (flat rate)

The R&R Client Board’s report also presents net present costs for each delivery option based on discounted cashflow analysis. To ensure comparability, the net present cost is calculated over the same time horizon - 100 years – for all the delivery options. The cashflows used to calculate the net present cost for each option include: (a) the total programme costs set out in the report (including risk and optimism bias and opportunities but excluding inflation) which are consistent with the spend profiles in the table above; and (b) the annual estimated operational and lifecycle cost savings once the R&R Programme is concluded (an average of circa £45m per annum).

The net present cost has been calculated using discount rates in real terms in line with HM Treasury’s Green Book Guidance: 3.5% for years 1 to 30; 3% for years 31 to 75; and 2.5% for years 76 to 100.

As the asset owner and project lead, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is responsible for submitting any application to the Structures Fund. Local highway authorities have until 3 August 2026 to put forward proposals for investment.

My Department engages regularly with London local highway authorities on matters related to their local highways networks, including the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The technical advisory body to the Structures Fund is also having conversations on behalf of my Department about projects that local highway authorities may put forward to the fund; including Hammersmith Bridge.

No specific funding has been allocated for the maintenance of listed building social housing stock.

In the five-step plan for delivering a decade of renewal for social and affordable housing published on 2 July 2025 (which can be found on gov.uk here), we announced measures to rebuild the financial capacity of social housing providers to enable them to borrow and invest in new and existing homes. These included a stable long-term rent policy of CPI+1% for 10 years, social rent convergence, and over £1 billion of building safety funding between 2026-2027 and 2029-20 30.

In addition, just under £1.15 billion has been provided to retrofit social homes across 138 projects under Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund Wave 3 across England. In April 2026, the government announced it will be providing a further £100 million for solar panel installations.

This funding will help landlords meet new decent homes and energy efficiency requirements, but some requirements may still be difficult or impossible to achieve for listed buildings. Where physical or planning constraints prevent compliance, exemptions will remain in place to protect landlords from unreasonable costs.

The Defence Investment Plan commits £7.1 billion of infrastructure investment at HMNB Devonport over the next decade as part of Project Royal Oak. This investment will deliver major upgrades and renewal across the Naval Base and Dockyard site. Including enhancements to docks and wider renewal and maintenance across the site; strengthening the Royal Navy’s ability to support submarines, ships and the Continuous at Sea Deterrent.

Building owners are responsible for managing building safety and performance issues in their buildings in a proportionate, risk-based and evidence-based manner, and for taking action where necessary.

Existing legislation and guidance already require building owners and responsible persons to identify, assess and manage safety risks in residential buildings, including low-rise council blocks. This includes requirements under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

The Government keeps building safety requirements under review. Updated HHSRS regulations and guidance came into force in June 2026.

Current HHSRS guidance is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-health-and-safety-rating-system-hhsrs-guidance.

Current FSO guidance can be found here: ‘A guide to making your small block of flats safe from fire’ and ‘Fire safety in purpose-built blocks of flats’.

National Health Service trusts are responsible for managing their estates and maintaining their facilities within their agreed budgets. This includes refurbishing and replacing buildings in poor or very poor condition.

As set out in the Government’s 10 Year Capital Plan for Health and 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy, we are investing £65 billion in the day-to-day maintenance and repair of the NHS estate over the next decade. As part of this, NHS trusts will receive £15 billion in operational capital across 2026/27 to 2029/30, which they can assign to their local priorities, including the repair and renewal of their facilities and equipment.

The Estates Safety Fund will continue, investing £6.75 billion over the next nine years to tackle the poorest-quality NHS estate. NHS regions working with integrated care boards and NHS trusts are prioritising this funding between their organisations to deliver maximum safety benefits. Allocation processes are ongoing, and as such, the total number of planned replacement and refurbishment schemes is not yet confirmed.

As reiterated in our 10 Year Capital Plan, published on 8 July 2026, the Estates Safety Fund will be provided with £6.75 billion over the next nine years to tackle the poorest-quality National Health Service estate and ensure safe environments for healthcare delivery. This funding will be used both to address urgent operational risks and to deliver a number of larger strategic schemes, delivering significant reductions in critical infrastructure risk (CIR) and backlog maintenance.

To enable this, estates safety allocations are being made at a regional level, based on reported levels of CIR across the country and estates related incidents.

NHS regions working with integrated care boards and NHS trusts are prioritising this funding between their organisations to deliver maximum safety benefits. Allocation processes are ongoing, and as such, funding allocations for individual NHS trusts are not yet confirmed.

The Warm Homes Loan Scheme has been allocated up to £300m CDEL and under the Warm Homes Fund up to £1.7bn. The Government is undertaking detailed modelling, in line with departmental appraisal and analytical standards, to inform estimates of the number of retrofit installations that may be supported.

The number and type of measures financed will depend on several factors, including consumer uptake and the technologies installed; and loan sizes and repayment terms. These elements remain under development and analysis and, therefore, the Government has not yet finalised estimates of the total number of measures to be financed, nor any breakdown by technology type or tenure.

Further information will be published in due course.

The Warm Homes Loan Scheme has been allocated up to £300m CDEL and under the Warm Homes Fund up to £1.7bn. The Government is undertaking detailed modelling, in line with departmental appraisal and analytical standards, to inform estimates of the number of retrofit installations that may be supported.

The number and type of measures financed will depend on several factors, including consumer uptake and the technologies installed; and loan sizes and repayment terms. These elements remain under development and analysis and, therefore, the Government has not yet finalised estimates of the total number of measures to be financed, nor any breakdown by technology type or tenure.

Further information will be published in due course.

The Warm Homes Loan Scheme has been allocated up to £300m CDEL and under the Warm Homes Fund up to £1.7bn. The Government is undertaking detailed modelling, in line with departmental appraisal and analytical standards, to inform estimates of the number of retrofit installations that may be supported.

The number and type of measures financed will depend on several factors, including consumer uptake and the technologies installed; and loan sizes and repayment terms. These elements remain under development and analysis and, therefore, the Government has not yet finalised estimates of the total number of measures to be financed, nor any breakdown by technology type or tenure.

Further information will be published in due course.

Through its Safety National Programme, National Highways is considering targeted measures, including junction upgrades, improved signage and road markings, barrier enhancements, and speed management interventions on the A120 between Hare Green and Harwich

Subject to a supportive business case, improvements would be delivered by 2031.

The National Church Institutions recognise the importance of maintaining England’s historic church buildings across England such as the Grade I listed All Saints, Babbacombe and St John the Baptist, Paignton. Parish Churches are not only places of worship but also important community assets supporting heritage, culture and local wellbeing. Significant investment has been allocated by the Archbishops Council and Church Commissioners to support parishes, such as the Buildings for Mission programme. For this programme, the Church Commissioners invested £11million between 2023 and 2025 to provide grants to help churches undertake repairs, improve facilities and remain sustainable centres of worship and community activity

The programme funds 36 Church Buildings Support Officer posts across England, based in dioceses and partner organisations, providing practical advice on repairs, maintenance, fundraising and community engagement to help churches remain sustainable and mission-focused. The Church Commissioners run a Conservation Grants Programme, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, and others, for the conservation of historic furnishings in Church of England churches. This funding helps to conserve nationally significant historic features such as stained glass, monuments and wall paintings

Other grant-based programmes complement the Buildings for Mission project with the aim to make the buildings more sustainable, efficient and easy to operate in the long term. The Net Zero Carbon Programme is one such programme, operating 2026-2028 the fund has a total of £40million to give grants to parishes alongside opportunities for match funding and larger grants for capital projects such as replacement heating schemes. The Net Zero Carbon Programme operates a Quick Wins Fund, which helps churches improve energy efficiency and reduce running costs. Where churches can no longer remain in parish use, the Church of England works closely with the Churches Conservation Trust to safeguard them for future generations

The Church Commissioners continue to work closely with other funding bodies at national and local levels, such as Historic England and local building support charities to support the ongoing repair and maintenance of church buildings and are in conversation with the Government about long-term strategic support.