Building Safety Fund

(asked on 20th October 2021) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether data is being collected from applications to the Building Safety Fund to identify the names of developers responsible for developments where build defects have been identified during the External Wall System EWS process; what mechanism he will use to take action against developers where repeated defects are found in their development blocks during the EWS process and the developer is delaying remedial work by not accepting liability; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Christopher Pincher Portrait
Christopher Pincher
This question was answered on 28th October 2021

Applicants to the Building Safety Fund are asked to provide information about the developer of the building. We are committed to making sure that applicants carry out remedial work without delay, and that developers make a fair contribution towards costs. Applicants to the Fund are required, as part of any funding agreement, to demonstrate that they have taken all reasonable steps to recover the costs of replacing the unsafe cladding from those responsible through insurance claims, warranties or legal action.

We are securing a significant contribution from developers towards remediation costs by introducing a new Residential Property Developer Tax to raise at least £2 billion over 10 years, and implementing a levy on developers at ‘gateway two’ of the new building safety regime. And we do not rule out further action to protect leaseholders and taxpayers and make sure that industry pays its fair share.

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