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

What estimate he has made of the total cost of remedial work required to replace dangerous material and rectify poor quality construction identified by EWS1 form inspections.

EWS1 is not a Government form or regulatory requirement, and it is not a safety certificate. It was designed by industry to aid valuation of high-rise residential properties with cladding, but we know it has been used far more broadly.

In relation to high rise buildings, the Government has already made £1.6 billion available to remediate dangerous ACM and non-ACM cladding on residential buildings 18m and over.

The Government is determined to further identify suitable financing solutions for high rise residential buildings and remove barriers to remediation where these exist.