Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many buildings have received funding from the Government’s £200 million private sector ACM cladding remediation fund.

To date no buildings have received funding. However, by 18 October, 55 owners or responsible persons for buildings have started the application process. We expect first applications to be approved in October. Homes England and the Greater London Authority are our delivery partners for the fund and are working with eligible building owners to ensure remediation is completed.

There is no excuse for building owners to delay remediation. Eligible building owners should have entered the fund application process by the end of October at the latest. We have established a Joint Inspection Team to support local authorities in taking enforcement action where building owners are refusing to remediate high-rise buildings with unsafe cladding.