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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support or expedited oversight her Department provides to leaseholders in buildings where remediation completion dates have been projected past 2029 due to regulatory and developer delays.

Nine years on from the Grenfell tragedy, there is no justification for any building to remain unsafe. The Government is committed to ensuring that residents are at the heart of the remediation process and that buildings with unsafe cladding are made safer as quickly as possible.

Our Remediation Acceleration Plan set out measures to speed up remediation, strengthen oversight and improve support for residents. We have laid the groundwork to ensure every priority residential building with unsafe cladding is remediated. The Remediation Bill will give regulators additional powers to compel those blocking remediation to act or risk criminal prosecution.

To support affected residents, we work with the Building Safety Regulator, building owners, developers, and other responsible parties to address barriers to remediation and minimise avoidable delays.

Residents should be kept informed of progress on remediation and expected timelines, in line with the Code of Practice for the Remediation of Residential Buildings. In addition, the Remediation Acceleration Plan announced plans to introduce a Legal Duty to Remediate and other measures intended to ensure remediation is completed to clear timescales and that residents are supported throughout the process

The Building Safety Regulator has implemented improvements to accelerate processing of gateway applications for 18m+ buildings, including increasing operational capacity, targeted support for applicants and engagement with applicants. These changes are contributing to faster assessments while maintaining robust regulatory oversight.