Building Safety: Remediation and Funding
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Closed
Inquiry
The purpose of this inquiry is to examine the effectiveness and impact of the Government’s planned measures to make developers and industry cover the costs of remediation, to scrutinise whether the Secretary of State’s approach goes far enough to finally fix this crisis, and to examine what the funding arrangement …
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Recommendations
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Conclusions
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Report
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Oral sessions
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Letters
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Events
Activity timeline 18 events
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Oral evidence sessions 3 sessions
21 Feb 2022
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Oral Evidence
Rt Hon Michael Gove · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
2 Feb 2022
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Oral Evidence
Charles Roe · UK Finance
Cllr Rachel Blake · Local Government Association
Geeta Nada · Metropolitan Thames Valley
James Dalton · Association of British Insurers (ABI)
Kate Henderson · National Housing Federation
Richard Collins · Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
31 Jan 2022
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Oral Evidence
Andrew Bulmer · Institute of Residential Property Management
Ben Beadle · National Residential Landlords' Association
Ben Beadle · National Residential Landlords Association
David O'Leary · Home Builders Federation
John Mulryan · Ballymore
Liam Spender · UK Cladding Action Group
Peter Caplehorn · Construction Products Association
Reports 1 report · click to expand
| Title | HC No. | Published | Items | Response |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seventh Report - Building Safety: Remediation and Funding | HC 1063 | 11 Mar 2022 | 21 | Responded |
Recommendations & Conclusions
9 results
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Conclusion
Accepted
Seventh Report - Building Safety: …
The Secretary of State said the Government would protect leaseholders from remediation costs, but too...
The Secretary of State said the Government would protect leaseholders from remediation costs, but too many leaseholders will fall through the cracks of the Government’s piecemeal measures. As the Government’s proposals currently stand, the only leaseholders who will not pay …
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Government Response
The government states that they have delivered robust protections for leaseholders and outlines these protections in detail.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Conclusion
Accepted
Seventh Report - Building Safety: …
Leaseholders are no more to blame for non-cladding defects than they are for faulty cladding...
Leaseholders are no more to blame for non-cladding defects than they are for faulty cladding on homes they bought in good faith. Buy-to-let landlords are no more to blame than other leaseholders for historic building safety defects, and landing them …
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Government Response
The government states it has already delivered robust protections for leaseholders, reversing the presumption that they are responsible for historical building safety defects.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Conclusion
Accepted
Seventh Report - Building Safety: …
Our preferred option would be for the Government to table amendments to the Building Safety...
Our preferred option would be for the Government to table amendments to the Building Safety Bill to ensure that all leaseholders in buildings of any height have statutory protection from future costs for remediating historic building safety defects, both cladding …
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Government Response
The government believes there is no systemic fire safety issue in buildings below 11 metres and that leaseholders in these buildings have access to protections through warranties and redress measures introduced through the Building Safety Act.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation
Accepted
Seventh Report - Building Safety: …
It is completely unacceptable that, nearly five years after the Grenfell tragedy, the Government still...
It is completely unacceptable that, nearly five years after the Grenfell tragedy, the Government still does not seem to know how many buildings have unsafe cladding or other historic building safety defects. We commend the Secretary of State for finally …
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Government Response
The government states it is committed to publishing information in data releases as soon as it is appropriate to do so and currently publishes monthly data on progress with remediation of unsafe ACM cladding, quarterly updates on Building Safety Fund funding, and monthly data related to the Building Safety Fund.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation
Accepted
Seventh Report - Building Safety: …
We commend the Government for finally taking action to require industry players to remediate and...
We commend the Government for finally taking action to require industry players to remediate and pay for faults of their own doing, and we commend those organisations who have already done so. However, developers and manufacturers are not the only …
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Government Response
The government agrees that those responsible should contribute to remediation costs and will hold construction product manufacturers accountable, using powers in the Building Safety Act and pursuing firms through the courts. They will continue to fund cladding remediation through the Building Safety Fund for buildings above 18 metres and provide funding for 11-18 metre cladding removal through the building safety levy.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Conclusion
Accepted
Seventh Report - Building Safety: …
Product manufacturers found to have been criminally responsible for defective products extending back 30 years...
Product manufacturers found to have been criminally responsible for defective products extending back 30 years must be legally required to automatically replace faulty materials free of charge, including compensating others who have already paid to replace the materials in question.
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Government Response
The government states that the Building Safety Act introduces provisions for construction products companies to contribute to remediation costs, including a new cause of action and powers to make costs contribution orders, and that it is establishing a Recovery Unit to pursue firms that have failed to do the right thing.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation
Accepted
Seventh Report - Building Safety: …
The Government rightly proposes to take strong action against UK firms, however its options against...
The Government rightly proposes to take strong action against UK firms, however its options against overseas firms who have also contributed to the building safety crisis are more limited. The Secretary of State told us that to reveal its options …
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Government Response
The government states they are already engaging with overseas developers and firms to provide a funded solution for the remediation of unsafe cladding. They also point to the powers in the Building Safety Act 2022 that allow the Secretary of State to prohibit developers from commencing new development or obtaining building control sign-off, regardless of ownership structures, and the High Court's power to apply a Building Liability Order to a company based overseas.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation
Accepted
Seventh Report - Building Safety: …
The Government must stop pitting the building safety crisis against the housing crisis.
The Government must stop pitting the building safety crisis against the housing crisis. Without access to funds for remediation where social tenants live, residents of social housing are paying the price through the diversion of funds from maintaining their homes …
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Government Response
The Government states that social housing providers have access to the £400m Social Sector ACM Cladding Remediation Fund and were eligible for the Building Safety Fund for other combustible cladding types and can submit claims to the Building Safety Fund for the proportion of eligible works which would otherwise be chargeable to residential leaseholders.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation
Accepted
Seventh Report - Building Safety: …
The Government must commit to protecting the Affordable Homes Programme at its current level should...
The Government must commit to protecting the Affordable Homes Programme at its current level should it fail to recover sufficient funds from industry. (Paragraph 51) Guidance on building safety
Government Response
The Government is confident that funding from industry will cover the cost of remediation of unsafe cladding in buildings between 11-18 metres and will not be required to provide additional funding beyond that which it has already committed.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Correspondence 10 letters
17 May 2022
To committee
Letter from the Secretary of State to the Chair dated 7 May 2022 concerning building safety remediation
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22 Mar 2022
To committee
Letter from the Chair to the Association of British Insurers dated 22 March 2022 concerning building insurance premiums
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9 Mar 2022
To committee
Letter from the Association of British Insurers to the Chair dated 8 March 2022 concerning the inquiry into Building Safety: Remediation and Funding
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8 Mar 2022
To committee
Letter from G15 to the Chair dated 4 March 2022 following up evidence given before the Committee on 2 February concerning Building Safety
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8 Mar 2022
To committee
Letter from the British Standards Institution dated 2 March 2022 concerning the Committee's inquiry into Building Safety: Remediation and Funding
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1 Mar 2022
To committee
Letter from the Construction Products Association to the Chair dated 17 February 2022 following up evidence given before the Committee on 31 January concerning Building Safety
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1 Mar 2022
To committee
Letter from the National Residential Landlords Association to the Chair dated 22 February 2022 concerning Building Safety: Remediation and Funding
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22 Feb 2022
To committee
Letter from Ballymore to the Chair dated 11 February 2022 concerning evidence given before the Committee on 31 January on Building Safety
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22 Feb 2022
To committee
Letter from the Secretary of State to the Chair dated 21 February 2022 concerning the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and cladding
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22 Feb 2022
To committee
Letter from the Home Builders Federation to the Chair dated 16 February 2022 concerning evidence given before the Committee on 31 January on Building Safety
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