Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Seventh Report: Cladding Remediation—Follow-up
Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
HC 1249
Published 29 April 2021
Government response
Building Safety: Remediation and Funding: Government Response to the Select Committee Reports · published 17 May 2022
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
Deferred
We are concerned by the lack of progress on keeping residents’ building insurance costs reasonable...
Recommendation
We are concerned by the lack of progress on keeping residents’ building insurance costs reasonable during the period when their buildings are being remediated. The Government has been engaging with the insurance industry for months, and all the while leaseholders …
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Government Response Summary
The government has deferred direct action, stating that the Secretary of State called on the FCA and CMA to review buildings insurance premiums, with recommendations expected in summer 2022, rather than setting a deadline for the industry or committing to intervention.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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14
Recommendation
Deferred
Para 44
The new guidance on EWS1 forms alone is not sufficient to mitigate the short-term and...
Recommendation
The new guidance on EWS1 forms alone is not sufficient to mitigate the short-term and long-term impacts that the underlying uncertainty around building safety is having and will have on the wider housing market. We ask the Government to report …
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Government Response Summary
The government acknowledged the recommendation for an assessment of the housing market impact and noted it had already launched a consultation on the building safety levy's impact, stating it is considering feedback and will update in due course, but did not address the request to ask the Prudential Regulation Authority for an assessment.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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