Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 25
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The demand for resources to inspect and remediate buildings with safety concerns is already high...
Conclusion
The demand for resources to inspect and remediate buildings with safety concerns is already high and set to increase with the new £1 billion Building Safety Fund. The Department estimates there to be around 1,700 buildings with unsafe non-ACM cladding within scope of the Building Safety Fund; this is in addition to the 455 buildings with unsafe Grenfell-style ACM cladding. The Department told us that it had already received hundreds of applications for the Building Safety Fund in the first month, all of which it is aiming to assess and approve by April 2021.79 The Department told us it was surprised at the lack expertise and competence among building owners to conduct the projects with the previous two funding schemes, and that the introduction of technical support is a big difference with the Building Safety Fund.80 73 Local Government Association (RDC0003) 74 Q 138 75 Qq 135–137 76 Note dated 17 July 2020 from Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, paras 10–11. 77 Q 122 78 Q 104 79 Q 63 80 Q 64 16 Progress in remediating dangerous cladding
Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government
Not Addressed
The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: December 2020 3.2 From the outset of the programme, the department has engaged industry to ensure sufficient capacity exists to meet demand and to have arrangements in place to address any blockages in the supply chain. This included establishing the Industry Response Group. 3.3 The department will write to the Committee with an update on resources to inspect and remediate buildings with safety concerns.