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
20 Recommendations
26 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
5 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 9 events
15 Sep
2025
Correspondence
4 Sep
2025
Correspondence
17 Jul
2025
Correspondence
16 May
2025
Report published
27 Mar
2025
Correspondence
21 Mar
2025
Report published
3 Mar
2025
Correspondence
3 Feb
2025
Oral evidence
3 Feb
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
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
Title HC No. Published Items Response
17th Report - The Remediation of Dangerous Cladding HC 362 21 Mar 2025 46 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
5 results
Clear
35 Conclusion Deferred
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Published remediation unit costs reflect older standards, not the lower-cost PAS 9980 methodology.
In December 2024, MHCLG published remediation cost information per square metre for high–rise buildings over 18 metres in the Building Safety Fund with a view to helping building owners understand the expected 56 Qq 31, 93, 93, 118; CA&G’s Report … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees with the observation and commits to publishing the latest building number estimates by summer 2025. However, the exact timing for publishing estimates of costs and works completion dates is deferred, as it depends on the outcome of the forthcoming Spending Review.
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38 Conclusion Deferred
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Taxpayer exposure to building remediation costs could exceed the stated £5.1 billion cap.
HM Treasury has agreed to provide short–term funding that would allow remediation to progress in advance of the Levy recouping funds in later years. Based on MHCLG’s financial planning, the NAO highlighted that total taxpayer exposure could reach a maximum … Read more
Government Response
The government committed to publishing latest building number estimates by summer 2025, but the publication of estimates for costs and works completion dates is deferred until after the forthcoming Spending Review.
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39 Recommendation Deferred
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Relaxed funding criteria in early remediation schemes increased fraud risk for taxpayers.
The NAO report found that previous attempts by MHCLG to accelerate remediation resulted in it relaxing some of its safeguards and the taxpayer being exposed to an increased risk of fraud. This included moving from making payments in arrears to … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees and will provide an update on the feasibility of fraud measurement by the end of 2025. However, full outputs from the fraud loss measurement exercise, which has an 18-month standard, are not expected until Autumn 2026.
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40 Conclusion Deferred
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MHCLG was late completing a full fraud risk assessment for the Building Safety Fund.
The NAO report also highlighted how MHCLG was late to produce a full fraud risk assessment on the Building Safety Fund, only completing one in
Government Response
The government committed to providing an update on the feasibility of fraud measurement by the end of 2025, but full outputs from the fraud loss measurement process will not be available until Autumn 2026.
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41 Recommendation Deferred
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MHCLG details improved fraud prevention and detection measures for building safety schemes.
MHCLG told us how the design of Homes England’s Cladding Safety Scheme would help reduce fraud in future. It explained that the new scheme captures information centrally, rather than relying on one team to pull together more disparate sources of … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees and will provide an update on the feasibility of fraud measurement by the end of 2025. Full outputs from the fraud loss measurement exercise are anticipated by Autumn 2026.
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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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