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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether state aid forms are still required from leaseholders in respect of applications to the Building Safety Fund now that the UK has left the EU; and if he will make a statement.

The EU State aid rules no longer apply in the United Kingdom, except for aid in scope of the Northern Ireland Protocol. Subsidies must instead meet the terms of the United Kingdom/European Union Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA) as well as the other Free Trade Agreements we have reached with the rest of the world.

Any changes to schemes or new schemes would need to be in line with the TCA Principles to the extent that these apply. The Government has published guidance on the subsidy control requirements from 1 January which is available on Gov.uk.

The Department is considering the implications of the new subsidy control regime in regard to the Building Safety Fund and the Private Sector ACM Cladding Remediation Fund and will provide an update to applicants shortly.