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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department provides financial support for registered charities to cover (a) a waking watch and (b) other fire remediation costs.

Registered charities may submit an application to the Waking Watch Replacement Fund, the Building Safety Fund and/or the Cladding Safety Scheme if they are the responsible entity (usually the freeholder) of a building that meets the eligibility requirements of these funding schemes. This includes registered charities that provide of social housing if they are the responsible entity for the building.

Further information on the eligibility criteria is available through the Waking Watch Replacement Fund; the Building Safety Fund ; and the Cladding Safety Scheme.