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Buildings: Insulation

Asked by Mike AmesburyIndependentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 18 December 2024UIN 18996

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's Remediation Acceleration Plan, published on 2 December 2024, whether her Department plans to set a deadline for the completion of cladding remediation works on 11 to 18 metre buildings.

Answered by Alex Norris

By the end of 2029, every building 11m+ with unsafe cladding will either have been remediated, have a date for completion, or the landlords will be liable for severe penalties.

We have to recognise that with so many mid-rise residential buildings still to be identified that they won’t all be fixed by 2029. But we must make sure that they all have an end date in sight – or that there will be consequences for landlords if not. This will give all residents the certainty that so many of them currently lack.

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