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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether all high-rise buildings with unsafe cladding have now been identified.

As of 12 April, our testing programme at the Building Research Establishment has identified 317 buildings with Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding in England. Of these, 304 have cladding systems which the expert panel advise are unlikely to meet current building regulations guidance and therefore present fire hazards on buildings over 18 metres. Of the 304 buildings, 158 are social housing, 14 are public buildings, 101 are private residential and 31 are student residential. We publish the most recent figures on the government website every month. Data is still being collected by local authorities on identification of all private sector buildings.

To support the identification of private sector residential buildings over 18 metres with potentially unsafe ACM cladding, on 17 May I issued a direction to all local housing authorities to pay particular regard to cladding-related issues when reviewing housing in their areas.

In March, we announced additional funding totalling £1 million to support the most affected local authorities in identifying buildings with unsafe cladding.

The Government will fully fund the removal and replacement of potentially dangerous ACM cladding on buildings over 18 metres owned by social landlords, with costs estimated at £400 million.