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.
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 |