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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his policy is on how the remediation of non-cladding items which pose dangers to life will be funded in a block between 11 and 18 metres where resident tenants have purchased the freehold to the building and the developer of the building cannot be found via Operation Apex as a result of insolvency of the developer.

The new funding schemes will make sure leaseholders never pay a penny to fix dangerous cladding.
On non-cladding, we are clear that we have to make sure there is a proportionate approach – there are too many incentives currently to try to find new problems and declare buildings unsafe. We recognise there is a specific heightened safety risk with cladding which can accelerate fires. That is why our new plan to apply common sense is so important. If there are any remaining non-cladding costs, we want to support leaseholders across the board – they should not be bearing an unfair burden.
That is why:

· Developers will be expected to fix all fire defects in the buildings they built
· We will work with MPs and stakeholders on statutory protections for leaseholders; and
· We are working across government to ensure leaseholders will be protected against eviction for any fire safety defect costs.