Cladding Remediation - Follow-up

Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 25 Feb 2021 Closed: 16 May 2022 Parliament page
Following the Secretary of State’s announcement on 10 February of additional funding for cladding remediation, the Committee will take evidence from MHCLG, the UK Cladding Action Group, LGA and others. We will look at how this support will be allocated, and the steps that will be taken to ensure that … Read more
9 Recommendations
7 Conclusions
1 Report
2 Oral sessions
3 Letters
2 Events
Activity timeline 9 events
17 May
2022
Report published
29 Apr
2021
Report published
20 Apr
2021
Correspondence
20 Apr
2021
Correspondence
19 Mar
2021
Correspondence
8 Mar
2021
Oral evidence
8 Mar
2021
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Virtual meeting
1 Mar
2021
Oral evidence
1 Mar
2021
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · VIrtual meeting
Oral evidence sessions 2 sessions
8 Mar 2021
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Oral evidence
Richard Goodman · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities The Lord Greenhalgh · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
1 Mar 2021
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Oral evidence; Oral Evidence
Dr Dean Buckner · Leasehold Knowledge Partnership Dr Nigel Glen · Association of Residential Managing Agents Dr Will Martin · UK Cladding Action Group Kate Henderson · National Housing Federation The Lord Porter of Spalding CBE · Local Government Association (LGA)
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Seventh Report: Cladding Remediation—Follow-up HC 1249 29 Apr 2021 16 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
16 results
1 Conclusion
Seventh Report: Cladding Remediati…
We are concerned that, despite our previous recommendation on this issue, the Government still lacks...
We are concerned that, despite our previous recommendation on this issue, the Government still lacks data on the full scale and extent of remediation needed for buildings both below and above 18m. In order to know how much it will … Read more
Government Response
We are committed to publishing information in data releases as soon as it is appropriate to do so. We currently publish a monthly data release on progress with remediation of … Read more
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2 Recommendation
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We reiterate our recommendation from our June 2020 report that in the same way as...
We reiterate our recommendation from our June 2020 report that in the same way as it has done for buildings with ACM cladding, the Government should publish a monthly data release on the number of buildings with non-ACM cladding and … Read more
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3 Conclusion
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We welcome the additional £3.5 billion funding towards cladding remediation for buildings 18m and above...
We welcome the additional £3.5 billion funding towards cladding remediation for buildings 18m and above in height, which is a significant increase on the £1.6 billion already committed. However, we are concerned about perceived and real restrictions to the Building … Read more
Government Response
We believe that establishing a “Comprehensive Building Safety Fund” as the Committee recommends would drive unnecessary remediation works to the detriment of leaseholders. The Government is advocating a proportionate approach … Read more
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4 Recommendation
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The Government should establish a Comprehensive Building Safety Fund for full remediation works of affected...
The Government should establish a Comprehensive Building Safety Fund for full remediation works of affected buildings. In allocating funds from the Comprehensive Building Safety Fund, the Government should move away from the current height- and product-based approach and should instead … Read more
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5 Conclusion
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A building that is half-safe is a building that is unsafe.
A building that is half-safe is a building that is unsafe. Leaseholders are no more responsible for non-cladding fire safety defects than they are for the presence of combustible cladding on their homes. The costs of non-cladding related remediation could … Read more
Government Response
We believe that establishing a “Comprehensive Building Safety Fund” as the Committee recommends would drive unnecessary remediation works to the detriment of leaseholders. The Government is advocating a proportionate approach … Read more
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6 Recommendation
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The Comprehensive Building Safety Fund should be fully funded by Government and industry, and the...
The Comprehensive Building Safety Fund should be fully funded by Government and industry, and the Government should establish clear principles regarding how the costs should be split between the two. Total contributions should not be capped, given that, as we … Read more
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7 Conclusion
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Social housing providers should have full and equal access to government funds for remediation, whether...
Social housing providers should have full and equal access to government funds for remediation, whether through the existing Building Safety Fund or our proposed Comprehensive Building Safety Fund. Our proposed Comprehensive Building Safety Fund would cover all necessary remediation, including … Read more
Government Response
Social housing providers have access to the £400m Social Sector ACM Cladding Remediation Fund for the removal and replacement of unsafe ACM cladding systems. Social housing providers were also eligible … Read more
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8 Conclusion
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It is disappointing that the Government’s proposed loan scheme, whereby leaseholders contribute up to £50...
It is disappointing that the Government’s proposed loan scheme, whereby leaseholders contribute up to £50 a month to pay for cladding remediation works on buildings between 11m and 18m high, does not satisfy the previously agreed principle that leaseholders should … Read more
Government Response
We believe that establishing a “Comprehensive Building Safety Fund” as the Committee recommends would drive unnecessary remediation works to the detriment of leaseholders. The Government is advocating a proportionate approach … Read more
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9 Recommendation
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The Government should abolish the loan scheme.
The Government should abolish the loan scheme. We reiterate our call on the Government to re-establish the principle that leaseholders should not pay anything towards the cost of remediating historical building safety defects. Instead, as we have stated, costs should … Read more
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10 Recommendation
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The Committee welcomes the introduction of a new developer levy and tax to ensure that...
The Committee welcomes the introduction of a new developer levy and tax to ensure that developers contribute towards the costs of remediation. We recognise and welcome the fact that some developers have already committed millions towards remediation funds. We also … Read more
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11 Conclusion
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We also ask the Government to consider how others, including product manufacturers and suppliers, can...
We also ask the Government to consider how others, including product manufacturers and suppliers, can contribute to the costs of fire safety remediation, in line with principles set out by the Government about the proportion of costs to be met … Read more
Government Response
The Government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation that those responsible for building safety defects should be made to contribute to the costs of remediation. Alongside its negotiations with developers the … Read more
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12 Conclusion
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We welcome the introduction of the waking watch relief fund, which shows the Government recognises...
We welcome the introduction of the waking watch relief fund, which shows the Government recognises that intervention is needed to support leaseholders with interim fire safety costs. However, the scheme does not go far enough. It does not cover the … Read more
Government Response
The Government recognises that the costs of prolonged interim measures can be a significant burden on leaseholders. That is why, in January 2021, we launched the £35 million Waking Watch … Read more
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13 Recommendation
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We are concerned by the lack of progress on keeping residents’ building insurance costs reasonable...
We are concerned by the lack of progress on keeping residents’ building insurance costs reasonable during the period when their buildings are being remediated. The Government has been engaging with the insurance industry for months, and all the while leaseholders … Read more
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14 Recommendation
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The new guidance on EWS1 forms alone is not sufficient to mitigate the short-term and...
The new guidance on EWS1 forms alone is not sufficient to mitigate the short-term and long-term impacts that the underlying uncertainty around building safety is having and will have on the wider housing market. We ask the Government to report … Read more
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15 Recommendation
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We are concerned that the exclusion of social landlords from the Building Safety Fund and...
We are concerned that the exclusion of social landlords from the Building Safety Fund and waking watch relief fund except in specific circumstances is having negative consequences for the wider social housing sector. While the £12 billion Affordable Homes Programme … Read more
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16 Recommendation
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We do not think the Government is doing everything it can to support the physical...
We do not think the Government is doing everything it can to support the physical and mental health of residents of affected buildings. The Government should work with local authorities to ensure that affected residents have access to the physical … Read more
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Correspondence 3 letters
20 Apr 2021 Association of Residential Managing Agents briefing notes on building insurance costs and cladding statistics
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20 Apr 2021 To committee Letter from the Minister of State for Building Safety, Fire and Communities to the Chair dated 24 March 2021 following up his appearance before the Committee on 8 March
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19 Mar 2021 To committee Letter from Lord Porter, LGA Building Safety Spokesperson, to the Chair dated 5 March 2021 concerning fire safety and waking watches
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