Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how he plans to assess the impact of the provisions in the Building Safety Bill and associated Building Safety Funding proposals on the delivery of new social housing and improvements to existing social homes.

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) continues to have regular conversations with social landlords and their representative bodies about the implications of the Building Safety Bill and the Building Safety Fund for their residents and their work to build and improve social housing. DLUHC continue to work to ensure that residents live in safe buildings.

The Building Safety Bill provides that the effectiveness of key elements of the new legislation, including the Building Safety Regulator and the regulatory system for building safety, will be examined at least once every five years through an independent review. 123 applications are currently progressing through the Building Safety Fund with £128 million committed.