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 28292830 Private Sector Registrations of which 953961 registrations (1032(1041 buildings) are proceeding with an application for funding.
• 222 Social Sector Grant Claims have been received of which 149 registrations (171(167 buildings) are proceeding with an application for funding.
• £1,696£1,767 million has been approved for the remediation of unsafe non-ACM cladding from the Building Safety Fund, of which £1,529£1,598 million is for private sector remediation and £167£169 million for social sector remediation.
• 343358 buildings have started remediation work, of which 96104 have completed works (including 1011 that have also received building control sign off).

User consultation

• We are reviewing the format and frequency of the Building Safety Fund (BSF) data release. Data on the identification and remediation of high-rise residential buildings with unsafe ACM cladding are currently published separately. We are seeking views on combining these 2 releases into 1 release.

• We are also seeking views on a concurrent format change. We are considering publishing key data tables for both ACM remediation and BSF registrations and remediation progress on a monthly basis. A combined statistical release containing commentary and charts would be published less frequently.

• We welcome views on these potential changes and wider feedback on the data release. Please send any comments to BuildingSafetyData2@levellingup.gov.uk by 16 March 2023.

Total registrations

	Total private sector registrations	Total private sector buildings (estimate)	Total social sector registrations	Total social sector buildings
London	16331634	18831884	192	214
Rest of England	1196	1345	30	31
Total Registrations	28292830 *	32283229	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	3031 NovemberDecember 2022: registrations	3031 NovemberDecember 2022: buildings (estimate)	31 DecemberJanuary 2022:2023: registrations	31 DecemberJanuary 2022:2023: buildings (estimate)	Monthly change: registrations	Monthly change: buildings (estimate)
Reviewed registrations	26492674	30343055	26742677	30553058	+25+3	+21+3
Proceeding with an application for funding	950953	10341032	953961	10321041	+3+8	-2+9
Registration ineligible (1)	803816	10041014	816819	10141020	+13+3	+10+6
Registration withdrawn before reaching eligibility stage	734751	820837	751752	837838	+17+1	+17+1
Registration withdrawn after reaching eligibility stage	7375	7985	7570	8579	+2-5*	+6-6*
Insufficient evidence to allow verification (applicant has only provided partial information required to fully verify eligibility and further information has been requested)	5651	6156	5143	5648	-5-8	-5-8
Registration eligibility currently being reviewed	3328	3631	2832	3132	-5+4	-5+1
No available evidence to assess verification (applicant has not provided information required to verify eligibility and has not responded to requests for this information)	176155	194173	155153	173171	-21-2	-21-2
Total	28252829	3228	28292830	32283229	+4+1	0+1

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

*There has been a decrease in the number of buildings and registrations due to ongoing data reconciliation work.

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 = 97,97,300 200 (2)

(2) Estimate is based on responses for the 953961 current Building Safety Fund private sector applications to a question on the number of units in the building asked as part of the registration process.

Social sector registration status

Status	3031 NovemberDecember 2022: Registrations	3031 NovemberDecember 2022: Buildings	31 DecemberJanuary 2022:2023: Registrations	31 DecemberJanuary 2022:2023: Buildings	Monthly change: Registrations	Monthly change: buildings
Reviewed Registrations	220222	243245	222	245	+20	+20
Proceeding with an application for funding	154149	176171	149	171167	-50	-5-4*
Registration ineligible	2930	2930	30	3034	+10	+1+4*
Registration withdrawn	2937	3038	37	38	+80	+80
Insufficient evidence to allow verification (applicant has only provided partial information required to fully verify eligibility and further information has been requested)	86	86	6	6	-20	-20
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)	20	20	0	0	-20	-20
Total	222	245	222	245	0	0

*There has been a decrease in eligible buildings due to ongoing data reconciliation work.

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

(3) Estimate is based on responses for the 149 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 7183 private sector registrations for buildings with both ACM and non-ACM cladding systems. 5969 of these registrations have been assessed as eligible for funding for the non-ACM and ACM cladding and of these, 4345 registrations have been awarded funding for costed works. (4)

(4) There has been an increase in the number of registrations with both ACM and non-ACM cladding systems due to data reconciliation.

There are currently 17 social sector registrations for buildings with both ACM and non-ACM cladding systems. All 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)cladding(5)
Full Applications Approved	319335	£1,215m£1,278m	4142	£92m£95m
Pre-Tender Support Allocations	523532	£216m£219m	14	£6m

(4)(5) 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 31 DecemberJanuary 2022, the total private sector funding allocation is £1,529£1,598 million.

As of 31 DecemberJanuary 2022, the Building Safety Fund’s Private Sector expenditure stood at £640£691 million.

Social sector funding allocation

AAsAs of 31 DecemberJanuary 2022, the total value of approved social sector grant claims is £167£169 million.

As of 31 DecemberJanuary 2022, the total value of social sector grant claims expenditure stood at £114£118 million.

Total funding allocations

	3031 NovemberDecember 2022	31 DecemberJanuary 20222023	Monthly change
Total value of approved social sector grant claims	£159m£167m	£167m£169m	£8m£2m
Total private sector funding allocation	£1,517m£1,529m	£1,529m£1,598m	£12m£69m
Total amount of funding allocated for the remediation of non-ACM cladding (Social and Private Sector)	£1,677m£1,696m *	£1,696m£1,767m	£19m£71m *

* Totals may not add up due to rounding.

As of 31 DecemberJanuary 2022, the total amount of funding allocated for the remediation of non-ACM cladding is £1,696£1,767m million (including social sector).

As of 31 DecemberJanuary 2022, the Building Safety Fund’s total expenditure (including Social and Private Sector spend) was £754£809 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	159162	5764	34	219230
Social Sector *	6669	14	0	8083
Private Sector ACM and Non-ACM cladding	2223	15	7	4445
Total	247254	8693	1011	343358

* 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 139147 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 authorities 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–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 139147 buildings with unsafe non-ACM cladding by 3031 local authorities. This includes 3845 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. 20 of the 139147 cases are high-rise residential buildings that contain both ACM and non-ACM cladding.

A total of 139147 buildings have had HHSRS inspections undertaken by a local authority.

Of the 139147 buildings, we are aware that 26 had a Category 1 HHSRS rating and 100102 buildings had a Category 2 HHSRS rating. Of the 139147 cases, we are aware that at least 3635 improvement notices and 89 hazard awareness notices have been served to date.

The spreadsheet attached below provides enforcement data by local authority.

Enforcement action by local authority - DecemberJanuary 20222023

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

Enforcement action by local authority - NovemberDecember 2022 (ODS, 9.112.9 KB)