17th Report - The Remediation of Dangerous Cladding

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 362 21 March 2025
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 46 items (20 recs)
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Accepted 28
Accepted in Part 3
Acknowledged 4
Deferred 5
Not Addressed 3
Rejected 2
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Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Seventeenth report from Session 2024-25 · published 16 May 2025
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Recommendations & Conclusions

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2 Conclusion Accepted
Write to committee setting out actions to ensure sufficient remediation system capacity.
Conclusion
Insufficient capacity and skills across regulators, local authorities and the construction sector risks undermining MHCLG’s acceleration plans. In 2020, the previous Committee warned that skills needed for remediation work would come under pressure as the scope of government’s programmes increased. … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees to write to the Committee by July 2025, setting out actions taken to ensure sufficient capacity in the remediation system, detailing examples of ongoing work such as funding for the BSR, bringing in additional inspectors, and working with mayoral areas.
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3 Conclusion Acknowledged
Publish annual report on effectiveness of resident-centric remediation, dispute resolution, and Code of Practice adherence.
Conclusion
We are appalled that those living in affected buildings continue to suffer an unacceptable financial and emotional toll. Far too many people continue to feel trapped in unsafe homes, many facing financial uncertainty and many unable to sell their homes … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the recommendation to provide annual updates but instead provides an overall remediation target for Summer 2029, without detailing how it will report on resident engagement, the ‘Tell Us Tool’, dispute resolution, Code of Practice adherence, or resident surveys.
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4 Conclusion Accepted
Undertake urgent review of building insurance premiums and propose actions to reduce costs for residents.
Conclusion
MHCLG is not doing enough to manage the risk that residents in affected buildings face exorbitant insurance premiums in the long term. The previous Committee raised concerns in 2020 about the spiralling insurance costs faced by residents awaiting remediation and … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees and is continuing to work with industry to gather data on insurance costs before, during, and after remediation. This data will inform its consideration of supporting the industry to reduce fire-related liabilities and it has asked the insurance industry for claims performance evidence, with an update promised by end of 2025.
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5 Conclusion Rejected
Uncertainty remains regarding dangerous cladding remediation scope, costs, and completion timelines.
Conclusion
Eight years on from Grenfell, we are concerned that MHCLG still does not know how many buildings have dangerous cladding, how much it will cost to address, or how long it will take. MHCLG’s latest estimate, that 9,000 to 12,000 … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government disagrees with the implied recommendation from the conclusion, stating it is consulting on redress routes as part of the Construction Products Reform Green Paper and that leaseholders and tenants are protected from cladding remediation costs.
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6 Conclusion Accepted
Strengthen counter-fraud controls for accelerated funding and share learning across Ministry programmes.
Conclusion
MHCLG’s previous attempts to speed up remediation exposed the taxpayer to increased risk of fraud. When MHCLG launched its high–rise Building Safety Fund in 2020 it relaxed a range of taxpayer protections in order get money out to projects quickly. … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees and will use initial findings from fraud measurement exercises to strengthen counter-fraud controls and share learning across the Ministry and with the PSFA. Full outputs for the fraud loss measurement exercise are expected by Autumn 2026.
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7 Conclusion Accepted
Publish formal assessment of remediation policies' impact on housebuilding targets and identify mitigation actions.
Conclusion
We are not convinced that MHCLG is taking the potential impact of its remediation plans on wider housebuilding targets seriously enough. The government has pledged to build 1.5 million homes during this Parliament. The construction sector is reporting workforce shortages. … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees and commits to publishing an impact assessment of its remediation policies, including the Building Safety Levy, alongside draft levy regulations later this year.
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1 Conclusion Accepted
Committee took evidence from MHCLG, Homes England, and industry on cladding remediation.
Conclusion
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Ministry for Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) and Homes England on remediating dangerous cladding.1 We also heard evidence from the Home Builders’ … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the implied recommendation, committing to provide an update to the Committee in Autumn 2025 on policy and legislative changes for the Remediation Acceleration Plan and progress in identifying dangerous buildings. It is also working towards creating a legal duty for responsible parties to fix buildings.
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8 Recommendation Accepted
MHCLG's cladding remediation targets considered too slow and incomplete, with works extending to 2035.
Recommendation
We asked MHCLG how its new plan would speed up the remediation process. MHCLG told us that its Ministers were committed to speeding up the pace of remediation. The Plan introduced a target that by the end of 2029 all … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees and will publish an updated Remediation Acceleration Plan in Summer 2025, providing an update to the Committee in Autumn 2025, which will address policy and legislative changes, including creating a legal duty for 11m+ building owners to fix buildings within clear timescales.
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9 Conclusion Accepted
Persistent and new barriers hinder accelerated progress of cladding remediation efforts.
Conclusion
The Plan identified several barriers to remediating at pace and outlined the steps MHCLG was taking to address them. Some of these barriers are those MHCLG told the previous committee about in 2020, including landlord reluctance to come forward, limited … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government committed to updating the Committee by July 2025 on its ongoing work to increase capacity and skills across the building sector to accelerate remediation, including providing additional funding for the Building Safety Regulator and working with mayoral strategic areas.
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10 Recommendation Accepted
Legislative changes necessary to address remediation barriers and strengthen freeholder enforcement.
Recommendation
Addressing some of these barriers will require legislative changes, for example, creating new obligations on landlords to remediate, and new enforcement powers for regulators to compel remediation or impose penalties. The Plan did not mention other barriers to pace highlighted … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees to provide an update to the Committee in Autumn 2025, alongside an updated Remediation Acceleration Plan (RAP) in Summer 2025, addressing policy and legislative changes required, including strengthening legislation for cladding remediation.
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11 Recommendation Accepted
Uncertainty about 11-18 metre building safety and remediation timelines remains for residents.
Recommendation
MHCLG’s Plan acknowledged that uncertainty around how many 11–18 metre buildings needed to be remediated meant that many residents were unsure about the safety of their homes and the timeline for getting them fixed.15 When asked what it was doing … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees and will publish an updated Remediation Acceleration Plan in Autumn 2025. This update will include policy and legislative changes, progress on identifying dangerous cladding, and plans to strengthen legislation to mandate remediation for buildings over 11 metres.
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12 Recommendation Accepted
MHCLG's remediation plan lacks sufficient scope and fails to address critical issues.
Recommendation
End Our Cladding Scandal (EOCS) told us it was not confident that MHCLG’s Plan would deliver for residents. It explained that too many barriers and issues remained, that MHCLG’s 2029 target was still five long years away and that it … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees and will publish an updated Remediation Acceleration Plan in Autumn 2025. This update will include policy and legislative changes, progress in identifying dangerous cladding, and a commitment to removing remediation blockers and strengthening enforcement legislation for buildings over 11 metres.
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13 Recommendation Accepted
Government funding programmes exclude non-cladding fire safety defects, burdening property owners and leaseholders.
Recommendation
In their written evidence to us, the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) and The Property Institute also raised concerns about the exclusion of non– cladding defects from government funded programmes. The NFCC told us there was a “large proportion” of … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees and will publish an updated Remediation Acceleration Plan in Autumn 2025. This update will include commitments to removing blockers to accelerate remediation, address non-cladding defects, and strengthen legislation to enforce the fixing of internal and external fire safety issues.
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14 Recommendation Accepted
Leaseholders continue to face significant, 'life-changing' costs for non-cladding fire safety defects.
Recommendation
We asked MHCLG about what it was doing to support residents with non– cladding defects. MHCLG told us that it was developing a new standard with the British Standards Institute to give the sector more certainty over what work needed … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees and will publish an updated Remediation Acceleration Plan in Autumn 2025. This update will include commitments to removing blockers to accelerate remediation, address non-cladding defects, and strengthen legislation to enforce the fixing of internal and external fire safety issues.
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15 Recommendation Rejected
Manufacturers of non-compliant construction products have yet to contribute financially to remediation.
Recommendation
Despite promises in 2022 of tough new measures to force industry to pay to remove cladding, MHCLG accepted that it has yet to find a way to secure a financial contribution from manufacturers. We observed that while developers were contributing … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government disagrees with the recommendation, stating it is currently consulting on redress routes via the Construction Products Reform Green Paper and that leaseholders are already protected from cladding remediation costs.
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16 Conclusion Accepted
Specialist skill shortages for remediation, particularly fire engineering expertise, remain a concern.
Conclusion
In 2020, the previous Committee warned that shortages of specialist skills to support remediation would increase owing to an expected increase in the number of buildings included in the government’s remediation programmes. Following the creation of the Building Safety Fund … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government committed to updating the Committee by July 2025 on its ongoing work to increase capacity and skills across the building sector to accelerate remediation, including providing additional funding for the Building Safety Regulator and working with mayoral strategic areas.
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17 Recommendation Accepted
Construction industry continues to report a lack of skills for essential building remediation activities.
Recommendation
The Home Builders Federation (HBF) told us that there remained a lack of skills within the industry, making it difficult to find qualified people to undertake remediation work. It explained that addressing this issue was challenging, but could, and was, … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees to update the Committee by July 2025 on its work to increase capacity and skills in the building sector to accelerate remediation. It cites additional funding for the Building Safety Regulator, bringing in experienced inspectors, and working with mayoral strategic areas to drive remediation.
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18 Conclusion Accepted
Limited qualified professionals compromise quality and consistency of PAS 9980 fire risk assessments.
Conclusion
The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) told us that the PAS 9980 standard for assessing the fire safety risk of external walls relied on specialist knowledge of building construction, fire engineering principles and material performance. The NFCC warned that there … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government committed to updating the Committee by July 2025 on its ongoing work to increase capacity and skills across the building sector to accelerate remediation, including providing additional funding for the Building Safety Regulator and working with mayoral strategic areas.
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19 Recommendation Accepted
Disagreement persists regarding the sufficiency and calibre of Chartered Fire Engineers for remediation assessments.
Recommendation
The Home Builders Federation told us that it was concerned that a shortage of “Chartered Fire Engineers” was a barrier to speeding up developer self– remediation. MHCLG assured us that it did not currently see a shortfall of fire engineers, … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees to provide an update by July 2025 on its work to increase capacity and skills in the building sector to accelerate remediation. It details ongoing efforts, including funding the Building Safety Regulator and bringing in more building control inspectors.
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20 Conclusion Accepted
Construction industry faces capacity challenges from ageing workforce and Brexit, impacting remediation acceleration.
Conclusion
We asked witnesses if the construction industry had the capacity to support the acceleration of remediation. The HBF told us acceleration was happening, but that it would be challenging. It outlined some of the challenges facing the sector, including an … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the observation and commits to updating the Committee by the end of July 2025 on its work to increase capacity and skills across the building sector to accelerate remediation. It details existing efforts including funding for the Building Safety Regulator and working with mayoral areas to drive remediation.
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21 Recommendation Accepted
Regulators' capacity, funding, and skills shortages hinder effective building safety remediation enforcement
Recommendation
When buildings are stuck in the remediation process, regulators (local authorities, fire and rescue authorities, and the Building Safety Regulator– for higher-risk buildings33 ) take enforcement action to get the process moving. MHCLG’s Plan recognised that constraints around the capacity … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees to update the Committee by July 2025 on its work to increase capacity and skills in the building sector for accelerated remediation. It details additional funding for the Building Safety Regulator, improved infrastructure, and bringing in experienced building control inspectors, as well as working on Local Remediation Acceleration Plans.
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22 Conclusion Accepted
Insufficient capacity and capability within the Building Safety Regulator is delaying remediation efforts
Conclusion
We heard concerns about insufficient capacity and capability at the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), which oversees the safety and standards of buildings over 18 metres. The HBF told us that the BSR was continuing to hold up development, including self-remediation … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government committed to updating the Committee by July 2025 on its ongoing work to increase capacity and skills across the building sector to accelerate remediation, including providing additional funding for the Building Safety Regulator and working with mayoral strategic areas.
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23 Conclusion Not Addressed
Millions of residents trapped in unsafe, unsellable flats face severe financial and emotional hardship
Conclusion
As many as 3 million people may have been affected by the cladding crisis. The NAO found that residents continue to suffer ongoing financial and emotional consequences. In its written evidence to us, End Our Cladding Scandal (EOCS) told us … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the observation but commits to providing annual written updates to the Committee on the overall progress of building remediation until Summer 2029. This response does not specifically address the severe financial and emotional impacts on residents or the issues noted with the PAS 9980 approach.
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24 Recommendation Not Addressed
Delayed government guidance and existing litigation hinder resolution of remediation disputes
Recommendation
MHCLG’s Remediation Acceleration Plan (the Plan) commits to publishing guidance to help where disputes between parties are delaying remediation. However, in written evidence, the Home Builders’ Federation (HBF) noted that MHCLG made this commitment over 18 months ago and it … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the recommendation, but commits only to writing to the Committee annually from Summer 2025 until 2029 to report on overall remediation progress, without specifying action on publishing guidance for dispute resolution.
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25 Conclusion Accepted
Residents still lack sufficient information and transparency regarding their building's remediation progress
Conclusion
In 2020 the previous Committee noted that many residents were not being kept informed about the process of remediation and requested that MHCLG set out how it would improve transparency.42 We therefore asked whether government was now doing enough to … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government committed to writing to the Committee annually from Summer 2025 until Summer 2029 to provide updates on remediation progress for 18m+ and 11m+ buildings.
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26 Conclusion Not Addressed
Code of Practice for resident communication during remediation shows inconsistent practice and limited awareness
Conclusion
In 2023, MHCLG launched a Code of Practice to support improved communications during remediation. The HBF and the NHF told us that developers and social housing providers had agreed to follow the code. EOCS told us the code was “a … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the observation but commits to providing annual written updates to the Committee on the overall progress of building remediation until Summer 2029. This response does not specifically address the concerns raised in the conclusion about the Code of Practice, such as inconsistent practice or lack of oversight.
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27 Recommendation Accepted
Effectiveness of new resident communication requirements in Cladding Safety Scheme remains too early to assess
Recommendation
MHCLG’s Plan commits to driving compliance with the Code of Practice to ensure residents are kept informed throughout the remediation process and disruption from works on site is minimised.46 Homes England told us that communication with residents was far more … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees and will write to the Committee annually from Summer 2025 until Summer 2029 to provide updates on remediation progress and targets for 18m+ and 11m+ buildings.
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28 Conclusion Accepted
Spiralling insurance costs and 'nil' mortgage valuations for leaseholders remain largely unaddressed
Conclusion
In 2020 the previous Committee concluded that MHCLG had not done enough to address spiralling insurance costs affecting leaseholders and ‘nil’ mortgage valuations. It found that private leaseholders in blocks with dangerous cladding had received ‘nil’ valuations for their properties, … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees on the importance of building evidence on the cost of buildings insurance and commits to continuing to gather data with industry and stakeholders. This data will inform the consideration of government support to reduce fire-related liabilities, and an update on progress will be shared by the end of 2025.
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29 Recommendation Acknowledged
Exorbitant building insurance costs continue to impose severe financial hardship and debt risk
Recommendation
The Home Builders Federation (HBF) raised concerns that insurance companies were seeking to profit from the building safety crisis. The Shared Owners Network similarly wrote that many shared owners were struggling to pay housing-related costs such as insurance. End Our … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees on the importance of building evidence on insurance costs and will continue to gather data with industry to inform work on potentially supporting industry to reduce fire-related liabilities. An update will be provided by the end of 2025.
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30 Conclusion Accepted
Risk-pooling arrangements have not effectively reduced extreme building insurance premiums for leaseholders
Conclusion
MHCLG told us that it was bringing forward statutory changes to ban insurance brokers from paying commissions to freeholders and managing agents, and capping what freeholders can charge leaseholders for arranging insurance.51 MHCLG told us that the risk–pooling arrangements it … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees on the importance of building evidence on the cost of buildings insurance and commits to continuing to gather data with industry and stakeholders. This data will inform the consideration of government support to reduce fire-related liabilities, and an update on progress will be shared by the end of 2025.
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31 Recommendation Acknowledged
Insurance premiums may remain high despite remediation due to PAS 9980 life safety focus.
Recommendation
MHCLG told us that, as well as options for intervening in the market to reduce premiums while buildings are awaiting remediation, it expected the insurance industry to hold to its word in reducing premiums as risk is reduced. It said … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees on the importance of building evidence on insurance costs and will continue to gather data with industry to inform work on potentially supporting industry to reduce fire-related liabilities. An update will be provided by the end of 2025.
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32 Conclusion Accepted
Insurance premiums will remain high without full property protection alongside life safety.
Conclusion
In written evidence, the ABI called on government to adopt an approach that priorities property protection and building resilience alongside risk to life. It said that without a standard requiring the removal of combustible material in external walls (insulation and … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees on the importance of building evidence on the cost of buildings insurance and commits to continuing to gather data with industry and stakeholders. This data will inform the consideration of government support to reduce fire-related liabilities, and an update on progress will be shared by the end of 2025.
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33 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Building remediation cost estimates for thousands of buildings remain uncertain without updates.
Recommendation
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 Summary
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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34 Conclusion Acknowledged
Inconsistent PAS 9980 fire risk appraisals lead to significant delays and disputes.
Conclusion
Under the PAS 9980 methodology, competent professionals conduct Fire Risk Appraisals of External Walls (FRAEWs) in which they make conclusions about the risk to life posed by a building’s cladding and make proposals about remedial measures to reduce the level … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government states that remediation reduces risk and that PAS 9980 was developed with expert advice and public consultation; MHCLG has asked the insurance industry to build evidence on claims performance of remediated buildings and share that with the government.
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35 Conclusion Deferred
Published remediation unit costs reflect older standards, not the lower-cost PAS 9980 methodology.
Conclusion
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 Summary
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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36 Recommendation Accepted in Part
MHCLG's building remediation number estimates remain outdated and highly questionable.
Recommendation
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 Summary
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.
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37 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Government plans to cap public remediation funds at £5.1 billion, recouping remainder via levy.
Recommendation
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 Summary
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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38 Conclusion Deferred
Taxpayer exposure to building remediation costs could exceed the stated £5.1 billion cap.
Conclusion
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 Summary
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
Relaxed funding criteria in early remediation schemes increased fraud risk for taxpayers.
Recommendation
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 Summary
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
MHCLG was late completing a full fraud risk assessment for the Building Safety Fund.
Conclusion
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 Summary
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
MHCLG details improved fraud prevention and detection measures for building safety schemes.
Recommendation
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 Summary
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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42 Conclusion
Cladding remediation funding disproportionately prioritised private over social landlords, hindering social housing progress.
Conclusion
The National Housing Federation (NHF) told us that the government’s approach to funding remediation for non–ACM cladding allocated public funding in a way that prioritised tenure over risk. It said that the arrangements meant that, in reality, 90% of public … Read more
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43 Conclusion Accepted
Social housing providers diverting funds for cladding remediation impacts new home construction significantly.
Conclusion
The Government has pledged to build 1.5 million homes during this Parliament and expects social housing to be at the heart of the UKs’ housing supply. Against a backdrop of the construction sector reporting workforce shortages (paragraph 20), we asked … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government committed to publishing an impact assessment alongside draft levy regulations later this year and providing an update to the Committee before the end of 2025 on the interaction between remediation policies and housebuilding ambitions.
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44 Recommendation Accepted
MHCLG acknowledges remediation spending by social housing providers reduces new home building commitments.
Recommendation
We asked MHCLG about its understanding of the impact that £3.8 billion of self–remediation costs might have on social sector housebuilding, and whether it had undertaken any assessment of how many houses would not be built because money was being … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees to write to the Committee before the end of 2025, providing an update on the interaction between remediation policies and housebuilding ambitions. It will also publish an impact assessment alongside draft Building Safety Levy regulations later this year.
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45 Conclusion Accepted
Building Safety Levy raises concerns about impact on new housing delivery and smaller developers.
Conclusion
In its written evidence to us, the Home Builders Federation (HBF), which represents the home building industry, told us of its concerns about the possible impact of the Building Safety Levy on new housing delivery. MHCLG currently expects to raise … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government committed to publishing an impact assessment alongside draft levy regulations later this year and providing an update to the Committee before the end of 2025 on the interaction between remediation policies and housebuilding ambitions.
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46 Conclusion Accepted
MHCLG expects Building Safety Levy to have minimal impact on housing supply.
Conclusion
We asked MHCLG about the potential impacts of the Building Safety Levy on housing provision. MHCLG said it had not published any impact assessment or produced specific numbers, but believed the impact would be relatively small. It told us that … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government committed to publishing an impact assessment alongside draft levy regulations later this year and providing an update to the Committee before the end of 2025 on the interaction between remediation policies and housebuilding ambitions.
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