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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations have (i) applied for and (ii) been granted funding for the replacement of flammable cladding on tower blocks; and how many (A) local authority and (B) housing association tower blocks have been (1) the subject of such applications and (2) been granted that funding.

We published guidance on 3 July setting out how local authorities and housing associations can apply for funding for the replacement of unsafe Aluminium Composite Material cladding on social residential buildings 18 metres and over. We want to be able to make payments as soon as possible so would like building owners to make applications by the end of August.

The application guidance is available at www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-sector-acm-cladding-remediation-fund-application-guidance.