Remediation of non-ACM buildings

In the March 2020 budget, the government announced that it would provide £1 billion from 2020 to 2021 through a new Building Safety Fund. This would fund the remediation of unsafe non-ACM cladding systems on residential buildings 18 metres and over in both the private and social housing sectors.

In July 2022, the government reopened the £4.5 billion Building Safety Fund, the Department sent a letter (PDF, 163 KB, 4 pages) to all responsible entities that applied for the Building Safety Fund in June to July 2020. This provided information about the reopened BSF and what action they may need to take.

If you are a leaseholder or resident of a building in the Building Safety Fund, please visit find support as a leaseholder or resident of a building in the Building Safety Fund (BSF) process.

Use of information provided in relation to applications to the Fund

The information provided by responsible entities applying to the Fund (see Annex D), excluding personal data, may be shared, as described below. Information that is protected by legislation or is confidential will not be shared.

In order to facilitate mortgage lending, DLUHC will share, with mortgage lenders, basic address information of high-rise buildings approved for funding in the Building Safety Fund, as well as buildings with funding in place to remove unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding systems. DLUHC will not share personal data with lenders. We intend to also share information for buildings in other remediation schemes moving forward.

This information will only be shared with specific mortgage lenders that commit to using this information in a controlled way and for the specific purpose of informing lending decisions on flats in buildings impacted by external wall system defects, helping prospective buyers to access mortgage finance and leaseholders to sell (and re-mortgage).

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Building Safety Fund registrations (private sector and social sector)

Headlines

• The Building Safety Fund has received 28252829 Private Sector Registrations of which 950953 registrations (1034(1032 buildings) are proceeding with an application for funding.
• 222 Social Sector Grant Claims have been received of which 154149 registrations (176(171 buildings) are proceeding with an application for funding.
• £1,677£1,696 million has been approved for the remediation of unsafe non-ACM cladding from the Building Safety Fund, of which £1,517£1,529 million is for private sector remediation and £159£167 million for social sector remediation.
• 343 buildings have started remediation work, of which 7596 have completed works (including 810 that have also received building control sign off).

Total registrations

	Total private sector registrations	Total private sector buildings (estimate)	Total social sector registrations	Total social sector buildings
London	16311633	1883	192	214
Rest of England	11941196	1345	30	31
Total Registrations	28252829 *	3228	222	245

* There has been an increase in number of registrations from last month due to ongoing reconciliation work.

Note: Some registrations to the Building Safety Fund cover more than one building, for example where a registration was submitted for a residential development made up of a number of separate buildings. The table above shows the total number of registrations and an estimate of total number of buildings based on the information that has been made available by the responsible entity. These estimates can change in subsequent releases if we receive revised information from the responsible entity.

Private sector registration status

Status	3130 OctoberNovember 2022: registrations	3130 OctoberNovember 2022: buildings (estimate)	3031 NovemberDecember 2022: registrations	3031 NovemberDecember 2022: buildings (estimate)	Monthly change: registrations	Monthly change: buildings (estimate)
Reviewed registrations	25952649	29723034	26492674	30343055	+54+25	+62+21
Proceeding with an application for funding	947950	10321034	950953	10341032	+3	+2-2
Registration ineligible (1)	788803	9751004	803816	10041014	+15+13	+29+10
Registration withdrawn before reaching eligibility stage	682734	762820	734751	820837	+52+17	+58+17
Registration withdrawn after reaching eligibility stage	68273	76279	73475	82085	+52+2	+58+6
Insufficient evidence to allow verification (applicant has only provided partial information required to fully verify eligibility and further information has been requested)	68256	76261	73451	82056	+52-5	+58-5
Registration eligibility currently being reviewed	3733	5336	3328	3631	-4-5	-17-5
No available evidence to assess verification (applicant has not provided information required to verify eligibility and has not responded to requests for this information)	229176	256194	176155	194173	-53-21	-62-21
Total	28242825	3228	28252829	3228	+1+4	0

(1) Figures shown include appeals which have been submitted against ineligible registrations

Note: All building numbers apart from those proceeding with an application for funding are estimates based on the information that has been made available by the responsible entity. These estimates can change in subsequent releases if we receive revised information from the responsible entity.

Estimate of homes and properties covered by private sector Building Safety Fund registrations proceeding with an application for funding = 96,90097, 200 (2)

(2) Estimate is based on responses for the 950953 current Building Safety Fund private sector applications to a question on the number of units in the building asked as part of the registration processprocess.

Social sector registration status

Status	3130 OctoberNovember 2022: Registrations	3130 OctoberNovember 2022: Buildings	3031 NovemberDecember 2022: Registrations	3031 NovemberDecember 2022: Buildings	Monthly change: Registrations	Monthly change: buildings
Reviewed Registrations	220	251243	220222	243245	0+2	-8 *+2
Proceeding with an application for funding	152154	177176	154149	176171	+2-5	-1-5
Registration ineligible	29	29	2930	2930	0+1	0+1
Registration withdrawn	29	30	2937	3038	0+8	0+8
Insufficient evidence to allow verification (applicant has only provided partial information required to fully verify eligibility and further information has been requested)	108	158	86	86	-2	-7-2
Registration eligibility currently being reviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0
No available evidence to assess verification (applicant has not provided information required to verify eligibility and has not responded to requests for this information)	2	2	20	20	0-2	0-2
Total	222	253245	222	245	0	-80

* There has been a decrease in number of buildings from last month due to ongoing reconciliation work.

Estimate of homes and properties covered by social sector Building Safety Fund registrations proceeding with an application for funding = 6,3006,000 (3)

(3) Estimate is based on responses for the 154149 current Building Safety Fund social sector applications to a question on the number of units in the building asked as part of the registration process.

Private and social sector buildings with ACM and Non-ACM cladding

There are currently 71 private sector registrations for buildings with both ACM and non-ACM cladding systems. Of59 these,of 59these registrations have been assessed as eligible for funding for the non-ACM and ACM cladding and of these, 43 registrations have been awarded funding for costed works.

There are currently 17 social sector registrations for buildings with both ACM and non-ACM cladding systems. OfAll these, 17 registrations have been assessed as eligible for funding for the non-ACM and ACM cladding and of these, 10 registrations have been awarded funding for costed works.

Building Safety Fund allocation (private sector and social sector)

Private sector funding allocation

	No. of buildings with Non-ACM cladding	Funding allocated for buildings with Non-ACM cladding	No. of buildings with Non-ACM and ACM cladding	Funding allocated for buildings with Non-ACM and ACM cladding(4)
Full Applications Approved	321319	£1,215m	41	£87m£92m
Pre-Tender Support Allocations	511523	£211m£216m	1314	£6m

(4) Allocations shown in the table for buildings with ACM and non-ACM cladding are just for the funding of non-ACM remediation by the Building Safety Fund. The funding of the remediation of the unsafe ACM cladding is through the Private Sector ACM Remediation Fund.

As of 3031 NovemberDecember 2022, the total private sector funding allocation is £1,517£1,529 million.

As of 3031 NovemberDecember 2022, the Building Safety Fund’s Private Sector expenditure stood at £605£640 million.

Social sector funding allocation

AsAAs of 3031 NovemberDecember 2022, the total value of approved social sector grant claims is £159£167 million.

As of 3031 NovemberDecember 2022, the total value of social sector grant claims expenditure stood at £109£114 million.

Total funding allocations

	3130 OctoberNovember 2022	3031 NovemberDecember 2022	Monthly change
Total value of approved social sector grant claims	£142m£159m	£159m£167m	£17m£8m
Total private sector funding allocation	£1,398m£1,517m	£1,517m£1,529m	£119m£12m
Total amount of funding allocated for the remediation of non-ACM cladding (Social and Private Sector)	£1,540m	£1,677m *	£137m£1,696m	£19m *

* Totals may not add up due to rounding.

As of 3031 NovemberDecember 2022, the total amount of funding allocated for the remediation of non-ACM cladding is £1,677m£1,696 million (including social sector).

As of 3031 NovemberDecember 2022, the Building Safety Fund’s total expenditure (including Social and Private Sector spend) was £714£754 million.

Remediation progress of buildings proceeding to application

	Remediation started **	Remediation complete: awaiting Building Control sign off	Remediation complete	Total started or completed
Private Sector	170159	4757	13	218219
Social Sector *	6866	1314	0	8180
Private Sector ACM and Non-ACM cladding	22	15	7	44
Total	260247	7586	810	343

* Including those with ACM and Non-ACM cladding

** Remediation started does not include those buildings that have completed remediation work which means this number could reduce as more buildings complete than have started on site this month.

Further information on the location of private sector registrations is available below. We have not included private sector registration locations where there are fewer than 5 buildings in a localLocal authorityAuthority area to prevent the identification of specific buildings.

Building Safety Fund: private sector registration by local authority

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Enforcement

The government supports local authorities and fire and rescue services in the use of their enforcement powers against buildings with unsafe cladding systems.

DLUHC has collected data from local authorities on enforcement action taken against high-rise residential buildings with unsafe non-ACM cladding in their areas through the work of the Joint Inspection Team, our ongoing engagement, and an online portal. The enforcement figures represent high-rise buildings with non-ACM cladding both outside of and within the Building Safety Fund. The data only reflects where formal action has been taken; it does not cover the range of informal interactions that local authorities have with those responsible for buildings to progress the pace of remediation.

Our data shows that enforcement action has been, or is being, taken by local authorities against 134139 high-rise buildings with unsafe non-ACM cladding (and, in many other cases, the threat of enforcement action has been effective in triggering building owners to act). As the data has been collected from local authorities on a voluntary basis, there may be further action that has been taken, of which the department is not yet aware.

Local authorities’ enforcement powers

Local Authoritiesauthorities have powers, under the Housing Act 2004, to calculate the seriousness of certain hazards and take enforcement action against building owners or landlords based on their assessment. The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) is a risk-based assessment evaluation tool to help local authorities identify and protect against potential risks and hazards to health and safety from any deficiencies identified in residential premises. The HHSRS assesses 29 categories of housing hazard– including fire – on the potential for harm that may result from exposure to the hazard. Each hazard has a weighting which will help determine whether the property is rated as having risks which are either category 1 or category 2. Where a risk is deemed to be category 1, a local authority has a duty to take enforcement action; where a risk is deemed to be category 2, an authority has the power to take action. In 2018, the Department laid an addendum to the HHSRS Operating Guidance to provide guidance on the assessment of high-rise residential buildings with unsafe cladding.

Following the commencement of the Building Safety Act 2022, local authorities have new powers to take enforcement through Remediation Orders or Remediation Contribution Orders. Remediation Orders allow interested parties (including local authorities and fire and rescue services) to apply to the First-tier Tribunal for an order requiring a landlord to remedy specified defects in their building. Remediation Contribution Orders allow interested parties (including local authorities and fire and rescue services) to apply to the First-tier Tribunal for an order compelling landlords, developers and their associated companies to make payments in order to meet costs incurred in remedying relevant defects.

Local authorities’ enforcement actions

Our data sources outlined above show that enforcement action has been, or is being, taken under the Housing Act against 134139 buildings with unsafe non-ACM cladding by 3130 local authorities. This includes 3738 buildings with Joint Inspection Team support. The Joint Inspection Team was set up by the department, and is hosted by the Local Government Association, to provide expert advice to local authorities on enforcement on buildings with unsafe cladding. 2220 of the 134139 cases are high-rise residential buildings that contain both ACM and non-ACM cladding.

A total of 134139 buildings have had HHSRS inspections undertaken by a local authority.

Of the 134139 buildings, we are aware that 2226 had a Category 1 HHSRS rating and 88100 buildings had a Category 2 HHSRS rating. Of the 134139 cases, we are aware that at least 36 improvement notices and 8 hazard awareness notices have been served to date.

The spreadsheet attached below provides enforcement data by local authority.

Enforcement action by local authority - December 2022

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Previous enforcement action by local authority data can be found below:

Enforcement action by local authority - November 2022 (ODS, 9.1 KB)