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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2023 to Question 136710 on High Rise Flats: Safety, for what forms of direct financial assistance from his Department local authorities can apply to help with the removal of gas systems in Large Panel System housing over four stories in England.

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities does not collect data relating to gas connections to England's stock of large panel system housing blocks.

The Government will deliver upgrades to over half a million homes in the coming years through our Social Housing Decarbonisation, Home Upgrade Grant Schemes, and Energy Company Obligation Scheme, all which are open to applications from local authorities.