Building Regulations: Fire Prevention

(asked on 15th May 2018) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many of the 41 local authorities that have contacted his Department regarding fire safety in buildings since the Grenfell Tower fire have been provided financial support by his Department.


Answered by
Dominic Raab Portrait
Dominic Raab
This question was answered on 21st May 2018

The Government will fully fund the removal and replacement of dangerous cladding on buildings owned by councils and housing associations, with costs estimated at £400 million.

We have not previously provided funding for any local authority needing to undertake fire safety works. Last year, we offered financial flexibilities to local authorities to support them to manage this work. Of the 41 local authorities that have been in touch about this, 14 identified the need to undertake essential fire safety works and were asked to provide more detailed information. We have been in detailed discussions with those who returned this information about what they require.

We have listened to what social sector landlords have been telling us about the cost of Aluminium Composite Material cladding systems and the decisions that they are making about how to fund it. For that reason the Government is now providing funding so that local authorities can housing associations can focus their efforts on getting the right solution for their buildings and not on other improvements to housing quality or supply.

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