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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of residential buildings over 30 metres high which are owned or managed by a council or housing association.

The Building Safety Programme has identified council and housing association owned residential buildings over 18 metres with Aluminium Composite Material cladding. The latest figures can be found on the Building Safety Programme webpage:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/building-safety-programme.

We are using the 18 metre threshold because Building Regulations guidance on fire safety is more stringent for buildings above that height, reflecting the additional complexities of fire fighting and protecting residents from fire in taller buildings.