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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much financial support his Department has given to local authorities to take action where the owners of buildings refuse to remediate unsafe ACM cladding.

We have committed to support local authorities to take enforcement action where owners of private sector high-rise residential buildings with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) refuse to remediate the buildings. This includes financial support for emergency remedial work where this is necessary, but we also expect the local authority to recover all reasonably incurred expenses from the building owner. We will consider financial support on a case-by-case basis to understand the expected costs of the remedial work and when the local authority would be making decisions on undertaking the work. As yet no local authorities are at the stage of undertaking the remediation themselves so no financial support has yet been requested.