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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to offer financial support to leaseholders of high-rise apartments facing remediation costs for non-cladding related building defects.

Government support is focused on cladding because unsafe cladding acts as an accelerant to fire spread, and funding will remove the biggest obstacle to remediation proceeding. Government funding also covers the cost of any works which are integral to the safe removal and replacement of an unsafe cladding system.

This can include associated costs such as fire cavity barriers where they are integral to the cladding replacement. Detailed information on works eligible for funding can be found in the Building Safety Fund prospectus, available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings#prospectus---outlining-eligibility-for-the-fund .

Our guidance is clear that building safety is the responsibility of building owners and we have given advice on a range of safety issues to provide clarity.