High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she expects building remediation works carried out through the Building Safety Fund to be completed.
Answered by Alex Norris
As of 31 October 2024 (note this is the department's last published data release) a total of £1.742 billion expenditure has been paid from the Building Safety Fund. The Government has committed £5.1 billion to fund the removal of unsafe cladding.
As of the 31 October 2024, out of a total of 810 eligible Building Safety Fund buildings, 352 (44%) have completed remediation, 166 buildings are on site (20%) are on site and 292 (36%) are yet to commence works.
The Government remains committed to increasing the overall pace of addressing life-safety fire risk defects to ensure that remediation works carried out through the BSF are completed as quickly as possible, whilst minimising the disruption and inconvenience caused by works for those living in affected high-rise buildings. People’s safety will remain paramount.
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