High Rise Flats: Insulation

(asked on 6th June 2019) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers of 8 May 2019 and 15 May 2019 to Questions 250034 and 252869, if he will publish an updated regional breakdown of (a) blocks with aluminium composite material cladding systems unlikely to meet building regulations which are yet to be remediated and (b) dwellings in those blocks as of May 2019 based on the building safety programme figures due to be published on 10 June 2019.


Answered by
Kit Malthouse Portrait
Kit Malthouse
This question was answered on 11th June 2019

Table 1 shows the regional breakdown of private and social sector high-rise residential buildings with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations which are yet to be remediated, as at 31 May 2019. This excludes hotels, student accommodation and public buildings.

Table 1: Regional breakdown of private and social sector high-rise residential buildings with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations which are yet to be remediated - 31 May, 2019.

Region

Number of high-rise residential buildings yet to be remediated

East Midlands

1-5

East of England

6-10

London

Over 20

North East

1-5

North West

Over 20

South East

11-20

South West

6-10

Yorkshire and The Humber

11-20

Total

265

Table 2 shows total numbers of dwellings in high-rise residential buildings with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations by region, as at 31 May 2019. This excludes hotels, student accommodation and public buildings.

Table 2: Numbers of dwellings in private and social sector high-rise residential buildings with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations which are yet to be remediated, by region - 31 May, 2019.

Region

Number of estimated dwellings in yet to be remediated buildings

East Midlands

200

East of England

500

London

12,600-15,800

North East

200

North West

4,100-4,300

South East

1,400

South West

600

Yorkshire and The Humber

1,500-1,900

Total (does not sum due to rounding)

21,000-24,900

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