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The Remediation of Dangerous Cladding

Status: Closed Opened: 31 Oct 2024 Closed: 16 May 2025 20 recommendations 26 conclusions 1 report

In June 2017, 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower disaster. The resulting public inquiry found that aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding had played a significant role in the spread of the fire. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has committed £5.1bn to remove and replace dangerous cladding. It has …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
17th Report - The Remediation of Dangerous Cladding HC 362 21 Mar 2025 46 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

4 items
3 Conclusion 17th Report - The Remediation of Danger… Acknowledged

Publish annual report on effectiveness of resident-centric remediation, dispute resolution, and Code of Practice adherence.

We are appalled that those living in affected buildings continue to suffer an unacceptable financial and emotional toll. Far too many people continue to feel trapped in unsafe homes, many facing financial uncertainty and many unable to sell their homes and move on with their lives. Residents face ongoing delays …

Government response. The government agrees with the recommendation to provide annual updates but instead provides an overall remediation target for Summer 2029, without detailing how it will report on resident engagement, the ‘Tell Us Tool’, dispute resolution, Code of Practice adherence, or …
HM Treasury
29 Recommendation 17th Report - The Remediation of Danger… Acknowledged

Exorbitant building insurance costs continue to impose severe financial hardship and debt risk

The Home Builders Federation (HBF) raised concerns that insurance companies were seeking to profit from the building safety crisis. The Shared Owners Network similarly wrote that many shared owners were struggling to pay housing-related costs such as insurance. End Our Cladding Scandal (EOCS) raised exorbitant insurance as one of the …

Government response. The government agrees on the importance of building evidence on insurance costs and will continue to gather data with industry to inform work on potentially supporting industry to reduce fire-related liabilities. An update will be provided by the end of …
HM Treasury
31 Recommendation 17th Report - The Remediation of Danger… Acknowledged

Insurance premiums may remain high despite remediation due to PAS 9980 life safety focus.

MHCLG told us that, as well as options for intervening in the market to reduce premiums while buildings are awaiting remediation, it expected the insurance industry to hold to its word in reducing premiums as risk is reduced. It said it would monitor if premiums were falling as buildings remediated …

Government response. The government agrees on the importance of building evidence on insurance costs and will continue to gather data with industry to inform work on potentially supporting industry to reduce fire-related liabilities. An update will be provided by the end of …
HM Treasury
34 Conclusion 17th Report - The Remediation of Danger… Acknowledged

Inconsistent PAS 9980 fire risk appraisals lead to significant delays and disputes.

Under the PAS 9980 methodology, competent professionals conduct Fire Risk Appraisals of External Walls (FRAEWs) in which they make conclusions about the risk to life posed by a building’s cladding and make proposals about remedial measures to reduce the level of risk to ‘tolerable’,57 The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) …

Government response. The government states that remediation reduces risk and that PAS 9980 was developed with expert advice and public consultation; MHCLG has asked the insurance industry to build evidence on claims performance of remediated buildings and share that with the government.
HM Treasury

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
3 Feb 2025 Ben Llewelyn · MHCLG, Councillor Adam Hug · Local Government Association, David O'Leary · Home Builders Federation, Giles Grover · End Our Cladding Scandal, Helen Fisher · Homes England, Rhys Moore · National Housing Federation, Richard Goodman · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Sarah Healey CB CVO · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government View ↗

Correspondence

5 letters
DateDirectionTitle
15 Sep 2025 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Housing, Communities and Loc…
4 Sep 2025 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and…
17 Jul 2025 From cttee Letter to the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local…
27 Mar 2025 To cttee Letter from the Executive Director at Home Builders Federation relating to the …
3 Mar 2025 To cttee Letter from the End Our Cladding Scandal & Non-Qualifying Leaseholders relating…