Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Building Safety Fund will cover the cost of remediating missing fire cavity barriers (a) wherever on the building they are found or (b) only where they are directly connected to the removal of unsafe cladding; and if he will make a statement.
Detailed information on works eligible for funding can be found in the Building Safety Fund prospectus, available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings#prospectus---outlining-eligibility-for-the-fund Eligible works covered by funding includes works directly related to the remediation of the unsafe cladding system. This can include fire cavity barriers, where integral to the replacement of the cladding system.