Latest building safety remediation statistics issued by MHCLG

Overall, remediation works have either started or been completed at 2,502 buildings (ie 48%). Of these, remediation work is completed at 1,780 buildings (34%). This includes remediation progress on high-rise (18 metres-plus) and mid-rise (11-18 metres) structures.

Of the 511 high-rise (ie 18 metres and over in height) residential and publicly owned buildings complete with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet the standard laid out in the Building Regulations, remediation work has either begun or is now completed at 497 (97%) of them. That represents no change since the end of June.

Of these, ACM remediation work has been completed at 460 buildings (ie 90%). This includes those premises awaiting Building Control sign-off. That’s an increase of three since the end of June. There are 14 buildings where ACM remediation work is yet to start.

As at 31 July, 782 buildings of 11 metres and over in height have been assessed as being eligible for the Cladding Safety Scheme (including 170 buildings that have transferred from the Building Safety Fund): an increase of 29 since the end of June. Of these, the teams at 142 buildings (18%) have either started or completed remediation works.

Cladding Safety Scheme

The Cladding Safety Scheme continues to investigate and pull in potentially eligible buildings. There are a further 4,261 buildings of 11 metres and over in height in the pre-eligible stages of the Cladding Safety Scheme, which launched in full back in July 2023. Of these, 289 buildings are progressing through eligibility checks and 3,972 buildings find themselves in the pre-application stage.

As at 31 July, 2,026 buildings of 11 metres and over in height have been identified as having life-critical fire safety defects (including cladding and non-cladding defects) which developers have committed to remediate or otherwise pay to remediate (where the cladding remediation works are being carried out in a Government-funded remediation programme).

Of these, developers have reported that remediation work has either commenced or finished at 997 (49%) of them. That represents no change since the figures reported in the June data release. Of these, it’s reported that remediation works have completed at 516 (ie 25% of buildings). Again, that’s no change since the June data release.

When excluding buildings reported as having only non-cladding defects, there are 1,527 buildings which developers have reported as having unsafe cladding. Of those buildings, remediation work has either begun or is now completed at 824 (54%), including 448 (ie 29% of buildings) where remediation works are reported to have been completed.