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 22 January 2020 to Question 4752 on Buildings Insulation, if he will write to owners of buildings with unsafe combustible cladding that is not ACM cladding to communicate his Department's policy that remediation costs should not be passed onto leaseholders.

The Government has made clear that 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. These expectations have been made clear to building owners.