Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the 31 local authorities are that have requested additional funding for tower block safety.

I can confirm that 31 local authorities have been in touch with DCLG regarding work to ensure fire safety in tower blocks. We have been clear that we expect building owners to fund fire safety measures, but councils should contact us if they have any concerns about funding fire safety works.

Where works are necessary to ensure the fire safety of a building, we will ensure that lack of financial resources will not prevent them going ahead. It is a matter for local authorities to communicate with their residents what work is being proposed.