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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support leaseholders living in buildings under 18 metres in height with (a) dangerous cladding and (b) other fire safety defects in Enfield North constituency.

On 10 February we announced a generous finance scheme, which will provide leaseholders in buildings of 11-18m with access to finance for cladding remediation costs. This includes costs that are integral to the safe removal and replacement of unsafe cladding systems. We have committed that monthly cladding repayment costs will not exceed £50 a month. Further details of the financing scheme will be made available.

The package of financial measures announced covers cladding because longstanding independent safety advice has been clear that unsafe cladding poses the greatest risk to buildings. This is because it can act as a fuel to a fire. Our approach prioritises action on the risks of unsafe cladding: the costs for remediating this are high, and the risks posed by it are also high.