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, Official Report, Column 329 on Building Safety, whether the money raised from the proposed developer levy is in addition to the £3.5 million announced for the removal of cladding on buildings over 18 metres in height.

We announced on 10 February 2021 plans to introduce a developer levy at Gateway 2 of the new Building Safety Regime. This will help to ensure that the industry takes collective responsibility for historical building safety defects. We will be setting out details of the levy and it will be implemented through the forthcoming Building Safety Bill.