UK Inquiry Tracker

The Remediation of Dangerous Cladding

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry

Opened: 31 Oct 2024 Closed: 16 May 2025 Parliament page

In June 2017, 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower disaster. The resulting public inquiry found that aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding had played a significant role in the spread of the fire. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has committed £5.1bn to remove and … Read more In June 2017, 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower disaster. The resulting public inquiry found that aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding had played a significant role in the spread of the fire. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has committed £5.1bn to remove and replace dangerous cladding. It has said will be the limit of taxpayer contributions to remediation, with building owners and developers to be held to account for sharing in the costs of fixing dangerous cladding, and leaseholders protected from liability for fixing problems they did not cause. MHCLG reported in January 2024 that almost 4,000 buildings were within the scope of its schemes, of which nearly 800 had completed remediation. In its 2020 report on remediating dangerous cladding, the Committee expressed its condemnation at the badly missed target of June 2020 for all high-rise blocks to have Grenfell-style cladding removed. The MHCLG accepted at the time that progress had been unacceptably slow. The report highlighted a system-wide failure in a building regulation system that it described as not fit for purpose, with tens of thousands of people left to live in fear and financial limbo. In its 2024 follow-up to its own 2020 investigation into the remediation of dangerous cladding on high-rise buildings, the National Audit Office (NAO) looked at how well Government has designed its schemes to maximise the identification and remediation of unsafe buildings. It also inquired into whether remediation is progressing as expected, and how well MHCLG is managing taxpayer exposure to remediation costs. Based on the NAO report, the Committee will hear from senior MHCLG and Homes England officials on topics including: - Progress and timelines on identification and remediation; - Protection of taxpayers’ money; - The Government’s approach to risk around building safety; and - Plans for deploying the £1bn announced for cladding remediation in the Budget effectively and efficiently. Please note the Committee is unable to help with individual cases. If you need help with an individual problem you are having, you may wish to contact your constituency MP . Please look at the requirements for written evidence submissions and note that the Committee cannot accept material as evidence that is published elsewhere. If you have evidence on these issues please submit it here by 23:59 on Monday 20 January 2025. Show less

20 Recommendations

26 Conclusions

1 Report

1 Oral session

5 Letters

1 Event

Activity timeline 9 events

15 Sep
2025

Correspondence

Letter from the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government relating to the response to Treasury Minute 17…

4 Sep
2025

Correspondence

Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government relating to the 17th Report of Session 202…

17 Jul
2025

Correspondence

Letter to the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government relating to the Treasury Minute response on The …

16 May
2025

Report published

Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Seventeenth report from Session 2024-25

27 Mar
2025

Correspondence

Letter from the Executive Director at Home Builders Federation relating to the challenges affecting housebuilding: Building Safety Levy, 17…

21 Mar
2025

Report published

17th Report - The Remediation of Dangerous Cladding

3 Mar
2025

Correspondence

Letter from the End Our Cladding Scandal & Non-Qualifying Leaseholders relating to Committee’s inquiry into Dangerous Cladding, 17 February…

3 Feb
2025

Oral evidence

Oral evidence session

3 Feb
2025

Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Committee event

Oral evidence sessions 1 session

3 Feb 2025

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Ben Llewelyn · MHCLG Councillor Adam Hug · Local Government Association David O'Leary · Home Builders Federation Giles Grover · End Our Cladding Scandal Helen Fisher · Homes England Rhys Moore · National Housing Federation Richard Goodman · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Sarah Healey CB CVO · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Reports 1 report · click to expand

Title	HC No.	Published	Items	Response
17th Report - The Remediation of Dangerous Cladding	HC 362	21 Mar 2025	46	Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

3 results

33 Recommendation Accepted in Part

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Building remediation cost estimates for thousands of buildings remain uncertain without updates.

Almost eight years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, MHCLG’s latest estimate, in February 2024, was that there were between 9,000 and 12,000 residential buildings in England taller than 11 metres that will need remediating. Based on this modelling, MHCLG … Read more

Government Response

The government agrees and will publish the latest building number estimates by Summer 2025. However, the exact timing for publishing cost estimates and works completion dates is dependent on the 2025 Spending Review.

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36 Recommendation Accepted in Part

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MHCLG's building remediation number estimates remain outdated and highly questionable.

In written evidence, the Home Builders’ Federation (HBF) was very sceptical about the basis of MHCLG’s estimates of building numbers and the lack of any updates. It told us that MHCLG’s estimate of the likely number of buildings in need … Read more

Government Response

The government agrees and will publish the latest building number estimates by summer, but the timing for publishing cost and works completion dates depends on the forthcoming Spending Review.

HM Treasury

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37 Recommendation Accepted in Part

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Government plans to cap public remediation funds at £5.1 billion, recouping remainder via levy.

Based on its central estimate of £16.6 billion for total remediation costs, MHCLG anticipated that around £7.5 billion would be paid for directly by private building owners, developers and social housing providers, and the remaining £9.1 billion would be funded … Read more

Government Response

HM Treasury

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Government Response AI assessment · 45 of 20 classified

Accepted 28

Accepted in Part 3

Acknowledged 4

Deferred 5

Not Addressed 3

Rejected 2

Total 20 recs + 26 conclusions

Correspondence 5 letters

15 Sep 2025 To committee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government relating to the response to Treasury Minute 17: Remediation of Dangerous Cladding, 08 September 2025

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4 Sep 2025 To committee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government relating to the 17th Report of Session 2024-25, The remediation of dangerous cladding, recommendation 2, 18 July 2025

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17 Jul 2025 From committee Letter to the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government relating to the Treasury Minute response on The remediation of dangerous cladding, 17 July 2025

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27 Mar 2025 To committee Letter from the Executive Director at Home Builders Federation relating to the challenges affecting housebuilding: Building Safety Levy, 17 March 2025

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3 Mar 2025 To committee Letter from the End Our Cladding Scandal & Non-Qualifying Leaseholders relating to Committee’s inquiry into Dangerous Cladding, 17 February 2025

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