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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons buildings between 11 metres and 18 metres in height are excluded from the fund for the remediation of combustible non-ACM materials.

The Department has already funded the removal of unsafe ACM from high rise buildings over 18 metres which the Expert Panel considers to be the most severe building safety risk. The new fund is to address other unsafe cladding on buildings over 18 metres, as higher rise buildings are the least likely to safely evacuate in the event of a fire spreading via external cladding systems. Building owners are responsible for the safety of their buildings and should take action to remediate any unsafe cladding systems on buildings below 18 metres in accordance with the advice of the Expert Panel.