Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2024 to Question 4416 on High Rise Flats: Insulation, how many additional buildings have registered with the Cladding Safety Scheme as a result of the use of (a) specialist data sources and (b) AI technology tools this year.

Homes England is currently prioritising a review of Ordnance Survey data to help identify residential buildings over 11m in need of remediation. Records are checked by Homes England for height eligibility and the potential presence of unsafe cladding. When a building is identified as potentially being eligible for the Cladding Safety Scheme (CSS), Homes England writes to the responsible entity inviting them to apply.

Since starting this work in August this year, over 29,000 records have been examined. This has resulted in the owners of 976 buildings being invited to apply for the CSS.