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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether funding provided through the Building Safety Fund has been (a) insured and (b) otherwise protected against rising (i) workforce, (ii) energy and (iii) other costs.

Government funding will continue to be available to pay for all eligible works within the Building Safety Fund and all eligible cost variations. It is the responsibility of building owners or managing agents to submit evidence of cost variations where they relate to the works permitted for grant funding - examples of which may include professional fees, site set up or construction costs.

The Department is regularly monitoring the costs of the remediation of high-rise buildings with unsafe non-ACM cladding through regular consultation with industry bodies and associations. Officials closely track contractor capacity, cost and supply of construction materials and other external market factors to mitigate risk and ensure that remediation projects can complete as soon as possible.