3.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: Spring 2021 3.2 The government is taking urgent action to speed up the remediation of wider fire safety issues in residential buildings. It is providing £1.6 billion of public subsidy to make homes safe and is making significant progress, with 90% of all identified high-rise residential buildings having either completed or started remediation work on unsafe ACM cladding. The department has also published a consolidated Advice Note (CAN) in January 2020 which clarifies the government’s advice on the assessment of external wall systems and fire doors in all multi-storey, multi-occupied residential buildings. The government has consulted on proposals for the new Building Safety Regulator and has proposed a new and more stringent regulatory regime for higher risk buildings, with clear accountability and stronger enforcement powers. This will create an end-to-end regulatory framework for higher risk buildings that applies throughout their lifecycle. The department recognises that some leaseholders are facing significant costs for the remediation of fire safety defects that do not relate to cladding (i.e. those defects which fall outside the scope of the Building Safety Fund). It is currently exploring options to address this issue. 3.3 The department will work with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) to promote a better understanding of how the consolidated Advice Note (CAN) should be applied to buildings of all heights and to ensure that a proportionate approach is being taken to the valuation of blocks. 3.4 The department has been working with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to see what joint work could be explored around care home fire safety risks. 3.5 The department will write to the Committee in the spring of 2021 with an update on the data collection of external wall systems of 11-18 metres high residential buildings.