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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference page 53 of the National Audit Office's report entitled Dangerous cladding: the government’s remediation portfolio, published on 4 November 2024, what proportion of fire risk appraisals of external walls conducted by developers up to 31 December 2024 (a) have been audited by her Department and (b) did not meet the required standard.

The Ministry has begun auditing developer assessments and we will be issuing results in greater volumes over the next few months. We also intend to start publishing data about the audits later this year as part of our quarterly remediation data releases. If a relevant assessment obtained by a developer does not meet the standards set out in the developer remediation contract, the developer would be obligated to address the matter.