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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2020 to Question 2550 on Flats: Fire Prevention, what assessment has he made of the effect on the wellbeing of residents of living in buildings that contain unsafe combustible cladding materials that are not eligible for funding allocated by his Department for removal.

We recognise the stress and strain that living in a building with unsafe cladding is causing to residents. Government intervention to provide funding for the removal and replacement for unsafe ACM cladding is wholly exceptional. It is based on the unparalleled fire risk ACM poses.

Building safety is the responsibility of the building owner, and they must remedy any safety risks uncovered. Building owners should consider all routes to meet costs, protecting leaseholders where they can – for example through warranties and recovering costs from contractors for incorrect or poor work.