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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of delays to the timescales for the Building Safety Fund on the ability of housing associations to plan financially.

The Government does not expect there to be delays to the Building Safety Fund. All buildings, whether in the social or private sector, with an existing application to the Fund should be planning to start remediation work on site by September 2021. To ensure this critical safety work can commence at pace we offer expert construction consultation support to actively engage with those planning and undertaking remediation work under the Building Safety Fund.