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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Building Safety Remediation: monthly data release - November 2024, published on 19 December 2024, and in the context of her Department's Remediation Acceleration Plan, published on 2 December 2024, what assessment she has made of the reason why only 10% of buildings that were forecast to start remediation in the last quarter have done so.

There are 4,683 buildings covered by the Developer Remediation Contract. To date, developers have identified 1,492 buildings that they will remediate directly – an increase of 135 in the last quarter. Of those, 652 (44%) have started or completed remedial works, including 292 where works have been completed.

Remediation has been too slow. Progress can be slowed by disputes between developers and freeholders over access to the building and/or the scope of works, access to competent and independent assessors, and delay to securing regulatory approvals. On 2 December, we published a joint plan to accelerate developer-led remediation and improve resident experience, as part of our wider published plan to accelerate remediation of all buildings. To date, 38 developers have signed up to the joint plan and thereby committed to make every effort to start or complete remedial work on 80% of their buildings by July 2026 and on all of their buildings by July 2027.