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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what comparative assessment his Department has made of shared ownership residents’ liability for building safety and cladding costs with the liability of the underlying owner of the shared equity lending for such costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what comparative assessment his Department has made of shared ownership residents’ liability for building safety and cladding costs with the liability of the underlying owner of the shared equity lending for such costs.
My Department has made no such specific comparative assessment.
No costs for cladding remediation are payable by shared owners of leases which qualify for the leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022.
Any contributions towards non-cladding remediation costs are capped according to the size of the share of the property owned on 14 February 2022, irrespective of whether that share is later increased through staircasing, including up to 100%.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure leaseholders are not required to meet the costs of remediation works arising from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommendations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure leaseholders are not required to meet the costs of remediation works arising from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommendations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many small and medium-sized housebuilders face building safety remediation liabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many small and medium-sized housebuilders face building safety remediation liabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the impact of remediation liabilities on SME housebuilders’ ability to deliver new homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the impact of remediation liabilities on SME housebuilders’ ability to deliver new homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the impacts on first-time buyers of non-qualifying leaseholder status being tied to a property in perpetuity, in cases where a prior leaseholder owned multiple properties.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the impacts on first-time buyers of non-qualifying leaseholder status being tied to a property in perpetuity, in cases where a prior leaseholder owned multiple properties.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support is available to homeowners with incorrectly installed spray foam insulation through TrustMark-approved schemes outside the ECO4 and Great British Insulation Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support is available to homeowners with incorrectly installed spray foam insulation through TrustMark-approved schemes outside the ECO4 and Great British Insulation Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help improve public awareness of the risks associated with spray foam insulation, including the circumstances in which it may affect mortgage lending or insurance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help improve public awareness of the risks associated with spray foam insulation, including the circumstances in which it may affect mortgage lending or insurance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help protect homeowners from exploitative firms offering spray foam insulation removal services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help protect homeowners from exploitative firms offering spray foam insulation removal services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what redress is available to homeowners whose spray foam insulation was incorrectly installed by TrustMark-approved companies that have since ceased trading.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what redress is available to homeowners whose spray foam insulation was incorrectly installed by TrustMark-approved companies that have since ceased trading.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has plans to strengthen standards relating to sound insulation in residential properties.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has plans to strengthen standards relating to sound insulation in residential properties.
The Government is continually assessing the efficacy of Building Regulations to ensure that our new homes and buildings are safe and provide healthy living environments for their occupants. This includes Part E of the Building Regulations 2010 (Resistance to the Passage of Sound), which requires protection against sound or from other parts of a building, adjoining buildings and within a dwelling-house, and prevention of unreasonable reverberation in common internal parts of buildings with residential flats or rooms. The Building Safety Act 2022 requires the Building Safety Regulator to keep the safety and standard of buildings under review; Building Regulations can then be updated as needed.
My Honourable Friend the Minister for Building Safety, Fire and Democracy (Samantha Dixon MBE MP) has today made the following statement:
This Government is committed to making sure there is an effective building safety regime in place, so that people can be confident their homes are safe. It is hugely important...
My Honourable Friend the Minister for Building Safety, Fire and Democracy (Samantha Dixon MBE MP) has today made the following statement:
This Government is committed to making sure there is an effective building safety regime in place, so that people can be confident their homes are safe. It is hugely important...
This Government is committed to making sure there is an effective building safety regime in place, so that people can be confident their homes are safe. It is hugely important to correct the mistakes of the past so residents can move on with their lives. Furthermore, I am of the...
This Government is committed to making sure there is an effective building safety regime in place, so that people can be confident their homes are safe. It is hugely important to correct the mistakes of the past so residents can move on with their lives. Furthermore, I am of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many homes had spray foam insulation installed under (a) the Green Homes Grant, (b) the ECO4 scheme and (c) the Great British Insulation Scheme; and of those, how many have been identified as having been incorrectly or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many homes had spray foam insulation installed under (a) the Green Homes Grant, (b) the ECO4 scheme and (c) the Great British Insulation Scheme; and of those, how many have been identified as having been incorrectly or...
The Department publishes statistics on measures installed under the Green Homes Grant, ECO4 and the Great British Insulation Scheme, but does not hold specific data on properties with spray foam insulation.
We are aware of a small number of cases where spray foam has caused issues and are taking action. Where poorly installed under government schemes, customers can use TrustMark’s dispute resolution process or their guarantee. For work outside these schemes, homeowners should seek remediation via their installer, relevant quality mark, or guarantee provider.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of cladding remediation costs in buildings under 11 metres in height on leaseholders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of cladding remediation costs in buildings under 11 metres in height on leaseholders.
We recognise the difficulties facing some leaseholders in buildings under 11 metres who are being asked to pay significant cladding remediation costs. The Department’s investigations indicate that most buildings under 11 metres are safe and do not require cladding remediation, with risks often able to be addressed through lower-cost mitigations. However, as set out in the Remediation Acceleration Plan update, we remain committed to providing funding in specific circumstances where cladding remediation is needed to address life-critical fire safety risks from cladding. We intend to provide an update on this shortly.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the timeline is for his Department bringing forward proposals on remediation and support for homeowners adversely affected by incorrectly installed spray foam insulation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the timeline is for his Department bringing forward proposals on remediation and support for homeowners adversely affected by incorrectly installed spray foam insulation.
I have held extensive discussions with the spray foam industry to support homeowners affected by sales difficulties or rogue removal companies. Independent guidance has been published by the Property Care Association, and the Government will continue engaging mortgage lenders to support affected households.
A wider package of measures to protect consumers and strengthen oversight of the home retrofit sector was announced in a Written Ministerial Statement on 17 June 2026. This includes a consultation on reforms to consumer protection and options to improve redress and remediation, which closes on 10 September.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that buildings which previously qualified for the Building Safety Fund and have since been transferred to the Cladding Safety Scheme are remediated in a timely manner; how many of those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that buildings which previously qualified for the Building Safety Fund and have since been transferred to the Cladding Safety Scheme are remediated in a timely manner; how many of those...
How many of those buildings have begun on‑site remediation?
37 applications
How many of those buildings have completed remediation?
0
What the current end‑to‑end process times are from eligibility assessment to works starting
Current estimations suggest that a high-rise building should take c2 years from approval and receiving PTS to works starting on site. This includes appointing project teams, procuring contractors, the full up-front designs, sign off of full proposed works and costs, and navigating the building regulator to complete the Gateway two (currently 33 weeks). This is significantly quicker than the predecessor programme, where the buildings had been delayed for several years without progress. On receipt of these buildings from the Building Safety Fund (BSF) significant re-work and engagement was made to understand delays and structure the applications for success.
What operational steps are being taken to accelerate progress toward the Government’s stated goal of completing 18 metre building remediation by 2029?
Over 200 buildings have transferred from the BSF to the Cladding Safety Scheme (CSS) to benefit from the CSS’ end to end system and processes. The CSS programme has met with all the project teams and carried out capability and capacity assessments.
Many of the buildings have had significant intervention by the CSS to remove barriers and perceived blockers to delivery. The CSS has also aimed to support residents and leaseholders with the new accelerated plans, acknowledging the failures of past programmes to gain traction but enabling progress within the CSS.
Of the 200 buildings, all have entered into grant funding agreements and have had their funding reviewed and monies validated. Tendering works is now underway for all buildings, with teams either preparing the final elements of their Gateways 2s or waiting for decisions from the BSR.
138 GW2 applications have been made, with 57 approved, the average for approval is 237 days by the regulator. The CSS has worked with buildings owners, agents and leaseholders to understand the past delivery and technical issues and push past the barriers quickly to get the progress that those who live in these buildings deserve. In under two years of accepting these buildings many buildings are now moving to site. The CSS uses pace assumptions to target activity where pace is slower than anticipated.
The CSS work very closely with the sector and the BSR to share pipeline and performance data to support resource planning and unlock strategic delivery blockers to support the shared aim of delivering against published RAP targets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many properties in Fylde constituency have been identified as potentially requiring inspection under the Find and Fix programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many properties in Fylde constituency have been identified as potentially requiring inspection under the Find and Fix programme.
The Department does not hold area-specific data for the Find and Fix programme. TrustMark oversees the operational delivery of Find and Fix, including monitoring audit outcomes and remediation progress, and holds the detailed operational data relating to remediation activity.
TrustMark provides the Department with high-level management information, not split by constituency, to support departmental oversight of the programme. This summary data enables the Department to monitor overall performance and identify potential risks within the consumer protection framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to speed up the remediation of non-cladding defects in residential buildings, including social housing stock.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to speed up the remediation of non-cladding defects in residential buildings, including social housing stock.
The government expects responsible persons to make sure their buildings are safe and undertake remedial works where necessary. The Building Safety Act 2022 introduced tools to support and speed up remediation of non-cladding defects, including remediation orders to compel works and remediation contribution orders to secure funding. The Developer Remediation Contract also requires those who have signed to remediate internal defects. In respect of costs, the Leaseholder Protections under the Building Safety Act protect qualifying leaseholders from costs of remediating relevant non-cladding building safety defects above a capped contribution.
Regarding social housing, the first phase of Awaab’s Law came into force in October 2025. This requires all Registered Providers of social housing to repair emergency hazards within 24 hours and fix dangerous damp and mould within fixed timescales. In 2026 and 2027 Awaab’s Law will be extended to the remaining hazards as defined by the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS), with the exception of overcrowding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to introduce a Remediation Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to introduce a Remediation Bill.
A Bill to speed up remediation for people living in homes with unsafe cladding was announced in the King’s Speech for the second session. We will introduce the Bill as soon as Parliamentary time allows.