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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23428 on Flats: Fire Prevention, how many under 11 metre buildings were unable to access an independent audit of a Fire Risk Appraisal of the External Wall between July 2024 and March 2025; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the inability to access those audits on leaseholders.

Thirteen buildings were awaiting audits of their fire risk appraisal of external walls (FRAEWs) between July 2024 and March 2025. A new contract is now operative, audits are being urgently processed and officials are engaging regularly with property managers, freeholders and leaseholders about all low-rise buildings requiring audits.

The department has not made an assessment of the potential impact on leaseholders.