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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding on average has been paid out per building from the £30 million fund to pay for the costs of installing an alarm system in buildings with unsafe cladding.

The Waking Watch Relief Fund opened for applications for buildings in England, except private sector buildings in London, on 31 January 2021 and closed on 14 March. For private sector buildings in London the Fund opened on 18 March 2021 and closed 30 April. All applications received are currently being processed. We will publish complete data on the Waking Watch Relief Fund, including the number of applications and funding approvals so far, shortly.