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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his oral statement of 10 February 2021 on Building Safety, whether the new levy on developers will be applied across the UK; and how revenues derived from that levy will be apportioned to the devolved administrations.

We will be introducing a levy on developers, helping to ensure the industry take on collective responsibility for historical building safety defects. The proposed levy will be targeted and apply when developers seek permission to start building work on certain high-rise buildings in England. It will be implemented through the forthcoming Building Safety Bill.