Research and analysis

Building Safety Remediation: monthly data release - 31 July 2024

Published 22 August 2024

Applies to England

Date of next publication: 9.30am on Thursday 19 September 2024

All figures in this release can also be found in an interactive dashboard.

Headlines

Overall remediation

As at the end of July 2024, there are 4,630 residential buildings 11 metres and over in height identified with unsafe cladding whose remediation progression is being reported on in this release, an increase of 17 since the end of June 2024.

At the beginning of 2023, the department was monitoring the remediation progress of high-rise buildings with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations and buildings progressing in the Building Safety Fund. Throughout 2023, the department started monitoring the remediation progress of buildings in the Cladding Safety Scheme, developer remediation contract and reported by registered providers of social housing. From July 2024 social housing buildings that had completed remediation independently of government funding and monitoring schemes before March 2024 have been included in the reporting. These changes in scope have largely driven the reporting of an additional 3,280 buildings with unsafe cladding since the end of July 2023.

Overall, 2,299 buildings (50%) have either started or completed remediation works. Of these, 1,350 buildings (29%) have completed remediation works.

Figure 1: Of the 4,630 buildings identified with unsafe cladding, 2,299 (50%) have started or completed remediation works, of which 1,350 (29%) have completed remediation works. This includes remediation progress on high rise (18m+) and mid-rise (11-18m) buildings in height.

Note: Up to October 2023 combined remediation progress in the Building Safety Fund (BSF) and ACM programme is shown. Between June 2023 and September 2023 there was a decrease in the number of buildings largely due to eligible buildings in the Building Safety Fund transferring to developers under the developer remediation contract. These buildings are then included in the reporting under the developer remediation contract from October onwards. From October 2023 onwards combined remediation progress is shown across the BSF, ACM programme, Cladding Safety Scheme, developer remediation contract and as reported by registered providers of social housing. The total number of buildings does not sum to the total number of buildings reported in each respective section of the data release due to crossover between schemes.

The majority of the increase in completions shown between October and November 2023 is due to a change in methodology when assigning remediation statuses for buildings that crossover between multiple schemes.

The increase in the number of reported completions between May and June 2024 is largely due to a change in methodology in reporting social housing sector remediation, which from June 2024 includes social housing buildings that had completed remediation independently of government funding and monitoring schemes before March 2024.

ACM remediation – monthly update (as at end July 2024) since previous publication

As at 31 July 2024 of the 499 high-rise (18 metres and over in height) residential and publicly owned buildings with ACM cladding systems, unlikely to meet Building Regulations, 488 (98%) have either started or completed remediation works, an increase of one since the end of June.

Of these, 438 buildings (88%) have completed ACM remediation, including those awaiting building control sign-off, an increase of 1 since the end of June.

There are 11 buildings yet to start ACM remediation (2% of all buildings), no change since the end of June. One building is vacant so does not pose a risk to resident safety, 7 occupied buildings have forecast start dates, 2 further buildings have had local authority enforcement action taken against them, and the remaining building came in to scope in April 2024.

Building Safety Fund (BSF) – monthly update (as at end July 2024) since previous publication

As at 31 July 2024, of the 801 high-rise (18 metres and over in height) residential buildings proceeding with an application for funding through the Building Safety Fund, 197 buildings (25%) have started remediation works and 321 buildings (40%) have completed remediation on unsafe non-ACM cladding, including those awaiting building control sign-off.

Overall, 518 high-rise buildings (65%) in the BSF have either started or completed remediation works on non-ACM cladding, a decrease of 6 since the end of June. Of these, 321 buildings (40% of buildings) have completed remediation works, an increase of 19 since the end of June.

Cladding Safety Scheme (CSS) – monthly update (as at end July 2024) since previous publication

As at 31 July 2024, 379 buildings 11 metres and over in height have been assessed as eligible for the Cladding Safety Scheme (including 111 buildings that have transferred from the BSF), an increase of 91 since the end of June. All have either signed grant funding agreements or are in the process of doing so and are actively procuring works in the market. Eight buildings have started remediation work on site, an increase of 2 since the end of June.

The CSS continues to investigate and pull in potentially eligible buildings. There are a further 1,201 buildings 11 metres and over in height in the pre-eligible stages of the Cladding Safety Scheme, which launched fully in July 2023. Of these, 416 buildings are progressing through eligibility checks, and 785 buildings are in the pre-application stage.

This is in addition to over 3,000 buildings in the pipeline that are being investigated, and where within programme parameters, are being brought into the pre- application process.

Developer remediation – data received by developers as at 30 April 2024 (same as previous publication), data received from other programmes relating to developer-led remediation is as at 31 July 2024

As at 31 July 2024, 1,565 buildings 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 pay to remediate, an increase of 64 since March 2024 and a decrease of 4 since end June 2024.

Of these, developers reported that 727 (46%) have either started or completed remediation works, an increase of 103 since the end of March 2024 and no change since end June 2024. Of these, 362 (23% of buildings) are reported to have completed remediation works, an increase of 55 since the end of March and no change since end June 2024.

When excluding buildings reported with only non-cladding defects, there are 1,424 buildings which developers have reported as having unsafe cladding, of which 677 (48%) are reported to have started or completed remediation, including 340 (24% of buildings) which are reported to have completed remediation.

Social housing sector – data received by Registered Providers of social housing as at 31 March 2024 (same as previous publication), data received from other programmes relating to social housing sector remediation is as at 31 July 2024

As at 31 July 2024, 2,414 social buildings 11 metres and over in height have been identified as having life-critical fire-safety cladding defects. These have been identified using survey data submitted by Registered Providers of social housing and data on buildings the department is monitoring under other government programmes (ACM programme, BSF, CSS and Developer Remediation contract).

Of these, 1,208 (50%) have started or completed remediation works, with 663 (27% of buildings) having completed remediation.

Enforcement – monthly update (as at 29 July 2024) since previous publication

As at 29 July 2024, local authority enforcement action has been, or is being, taken under the Housing Act 2004 against 418 buildings over 11m with unsafe cladding, an increase of 20 since the end of June.

Introduction

This data release provides data on:

• Remediation progress across MHCLG’s Building Safety Remediation portfolio, covering buildings in the ACM programme, Building Safety Fund, Cladding Safety Scheme, developer remediation contract and reported by registered providers of social housing
• Progress with remediation of high-rise (18 metres and over in height) residential buildings (including student accommodation and hotels) and publicly owned buildings with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations in the ACM programme
• Progress with remediation of high-rise residential buildings with non-ACM cladding systems assessed as eligible for funding from the Building Safety Fund
• Progress with the applications for and remediation of medium-rise (11 – 18 metres in height) residential buildings in England, and Northern Ireland, and high-rise residential buildings outside of London with non-ACM cladding systems in the Cladding Safety Scheme
• Progress of remediation of residential buildings 11 metres and over in height with life-critical fire safety risks under the developer remediation contract
• Progress of remediation of residential buildings 11 metres and over in height with unsafe cladding reported by registered providers of social housing
• Enforcement action taken by local authorities against high-rise residential buildings with unsafe cladding under the Housing Act 2004

From October 2023 onwards the Building Safety Remediation data release includes data on buildings in the Building Safety Fund, Cladding Safety Scheme, developer remediation contract and reported by registered providers of social housing, as well as high-rise buildings with ACM cladding systems. Previous versions of the data release have only included data on high-rise buildings with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations, with data on buildings in the Building Safety Fund published separately.

Since April 2023, the management information tables published alongside the data release have included a table on combined remediation progress in the ACM programme and BSF, accounting for buildings that are eligible for both programmes.

In Figure 1 in this data release, up to October 2023 the data includes the combined remediation progress in the ACM programme and BSF. From October 2023 onwards, the data in Figure 1 and the overall remediation progress section of the data release, shows the combined remediation progress across MHCLG’s Building Safety Remediation portfolio, covering buildings and accounting for crossover in the ACM programme, Building Safety Fund, Cladding Safety Scheme, developer remediation contract and reported by registered providers of social housing.

The figures in this publication are correct as at the specified dates. Remediation progress on the ACM programme, BSF and CSS will be updated monthly, and remediation progress on the developer remediation contract and registered providers of social housing will be updated quarterly.

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User engagement

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Dates of future publications

The publication dates for the next 3 months are:

• 19 September 2024
• 24 October 2024
• 21 November 2024

Building Safety overview

This data release publishes data across all government remediation activities to give an overview of the status of progress to remediate unsafe cladding on residential buildings over 11m in England. This includes:

• Data relating to the Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding programme – those highest risk buildings that are high-rise buildings with unsafe, ‘Grenfell-style’ ACM cladding
• Data relating to the Building Safety Fund, which funds the remediation of eligible high-rise residential buildings with other forms of unsafe cladding
• Data relating to the Cladding Safety Scheme, which funds the remediation of residential buildings over 11m in height with unsafe cladding
• Data relating to developer-led remediation, which reports on those buildings that developers have agreed to remediate
• Data on residential buildings over 11m in height that are the responsibility of registered social housing providers

Overall remediation progress

Figure 2: 2,299 residential buildings (50% of identified buildings) have started or completed remediation on unsafe cladding, of which 1,350 (29% of identified buildings) have completed remediation works.

Remediation stage	Number of buildings	Percentage	Cumulative number	Cumulative percentage
Remediation complete	1350	29%	1350	29%
Remediation underway	949	20%	2299	50%
In programme	2331	50%	4630	100%
Total	4630	100%	4630	100%

Table 1: Remediation progress for buildings monitored by MHCLG in the ACM programme, Building Safety Fund, the CSS, the developer remediation contract, and social housing surveys, England, 31 July 2024.

Overall remediation: key statistics

Of the 4,630 residential buildings 11 metres and over in height with unsafe cladding the department is monitoring, as at 31 July 2024:

• 1,350 buildings (29%) have completed remediation, including those awaiting building control sign off
• 949 building (20%) have started remediation
• 2,331 buildings (50%) have not started remediation

Since the end of June 2024:

• The department is monitoring the remediation progress of 17 more buildings
• 2 fewer buildings are known to have started or completed remediation, and 18 more buildings are known to have completed remediation

Since the end of July 2023:

• The department is monitoring the remediation progress of 3,280 more buildings, largely due to the opening of new programmes and new data reporting on the CSS, developer-led remediation, and from social housing registered providers
• 1,468 more buildings are known to have started or completed remediation, of which 827 more buildings are known to have completed remediation

There are an estimated 256,000 dwellings in the occupied private and social sector 11m+ residential buildings with unsafe cladding that the department are monitoring. Of these an estimated 84,000 dwellings are in buildings that have completed remediation, and an estimated 55,000 additional dwellings are in buildings that have started remediation.

Figure 3: Remediation progress differs across the programmes due to the differing maturity of the schemes.

Overall remediation by height

Figure 4: 58% of the 18m+ buildings the department is monitoring the remediation progress of have started or completed remediation on unsafe cladding, compared to 36% of 11-18m buildings.

Overall remediation by tenure

Figure 5: 50% of the social buildings the department is monitoring the remediation progress of have started or completed remediation on unsafe cladding, compared to 47% of the private buildings.

The ‘Other’ bar includes high-rise buildings with unsafe ACM that are hotels, student accommodation and public buildings.

Overall remediation by location

Figure 6: Most buildings that the department are monitoring the cladding remediation of are concentrated around urbanised areas in England, particularly the urban areas of Greater London, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire and the south coast.

England, 31 July 2024

Local authorities with 10 or fewer 11m+ buildings monitored with unsafe cladding are excluded from this map as their inclusion could lead to the identification of buildings with unsafe cladding.

ACM remediation

Information in this section is correct as at 31 July 2024 and shows a monthly update from the previous publication.

Figure 7: 98% of the 499 identified ACM clad high-rise buildings have started or completed remediation, with 94% having had their ACM cladding removed and 88% having completed remediation.

Remediation stage	Number of buildings	Percentage	Cumulative number	Cumulative percentage
Remediation complete	411	82%	411	82%
Remediation complete awaiting building control sign off	27	5%	438	88%
Remediation started – cladding removed	33	7%	471	94%
Remediation started	17	3%	488	98%
Remediation plans in place	8	2%	496	99%
Intent to remediate	1	<1%	497	>99%
Remediation plan unclear	2	<1%	499	100%
Total	499	100%	499	100%

Table 2: Remediation status of buildings with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations, 31 July 2024

ACM remediation: key statistics

As of 31 July 2024, the department has identified 499 high-rise residential and publicly owned buildings identified with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations, an increase of one since the end of June.

• 438 buildings (88% of all buildings) have completed ACM remediation – an increase of one since the end of June. Of these, 411 buildings (82% of all buildings) have received building control sign off – an increase of 3 since the end of June.
• 488 buildings (98% of all buildings) have started or completed ACM remediation – an increase of one since the end of June. Of these, 471 buildings (94% of all buildings) have removed ACM cladding – an increase of 2 since the end of June.

There are an estimated 26,100 – 29,500 dwellings in private and social sector buildings that have completed remediation, and a further 5,000 – 5,100 dwellings in occupied private and social sector buildings that have yet to be remediated.

Driving ACM remediation forward

There are 11 buildings yet to start ACM remediation (2% of all buildings) – no change since the end of June. One building is vacant so does not pose a risk to resident safety.

Remediation stage	All occupied buildings yet to start remediation	Of which:
		Enforcement action	Enforcement action supported by Joint Inspection Team	Forecast start available	Forecast to start by the end of September 2024
Total	10	7	3	7	0

Table 3: Enforcement action and forecast start dates for occupied high-rise buildings yet to start ACM remediation, 31 July 2024

Of the 10 high-rise occupied buildings yet to start ACM remediation:

• 2 buildings are forecast to start works by the end of December 2024
• 5 additional buildings are forecast to start works in 2025 and 4 have had local authority enforcement action taken against them
• 2 further buildings without a forecast start date have had local authority enforcement action taken against them
• The remaining building was newly in scope of the ACM monitoring programme in April 2024

These forecast estimates are based on information provided by building owners and agents and may change as further information is received. These estimates can also change as a result of buildings being newly identified. The department continues to engage with building owners to start remediation works on site as soon as possible, and will continue to support local authorities and fire and rescue services in the use of their enforcement powers.

Figure 8: 98% of buildings are forecast to have started or completed ACM remediation works by the end of September 2024.

ACM remediation progress by year of identification

Figure 9: 99% of buildings identified at 31 December 2022 have started or completed remediation compared to 98% of all buildings in the programme.

Since 31 December 2021, 18 further high-rise residential buildings have been identified with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations and have moved into scope of the Building Safety Programme. Of these, 6 buildings were identified in 2022, 8 in 2023 and 4 in 2024.

Year of identification	Number of buildings identified		Cumulative number
2017-2019	428	428
2020	31	459
2021	22	481
2022	6	487
2023	8	495
2024	4	499
Total	499	499

Table 4: Buildings with unsafe ACM cladding by year of identification, 31 July 2024.

ACM remediation by sector

Figure 10: 100% of the 161 social sector residential buildings in the ACM programme have started or completed remediation, compared to 96% of the 239 private sector residential buildings.

Building Safety Fund

Information in this section is correct as at 31 July 2024 and shows a monthly update from the previous publication.

Figure 11: 65% of buildings proceeding with an application for funding in the BSF have started or completed remediation, with 40% having completed remediation.

Remediation stage	Number of buildings	Percentage	Cumulative number	Cumulative percentage
Remediation complete	200	25%	200	25%
Remediation complete awaiting building control sign off	121	15%	321	40%
Remediation started	197	25%	518	65%
Remediation plans in place	125	16%	643	80%
Intent to remediate	158	20%	801	100%
Total	801	100%	801	100%

Table 5: Remediation status of buildings within the Building Safety Fund, 31 July 2024.

BSF remediation: key statistics

As at 31 July 2024, 801 buildings were assessed as eligible and are proceeding with an application for funding from the Building Safety Fund. The remaining 2,855 buildings registered with the fund are either ineligible (1,103), withdrawn (1,593), in review or have given insufficient evidence (35), or have transferred to the Cladding Safety Scheme (124).

Of the 2,855 buildings that registered with the Building Safety Fund and are not currently proceeding with an application for funding, 451 buildings which were assessed as eligible have been transferred to developers.

As at 31 July, 124 buildings have transferred to the Cladding Safety Scheme for their remediation (where works have not yet started on site) and are progressing through the CSS process. The number of buildings reported as transferred from the BSF to the CSS in this section of the data release may not be the same as the number of eligible CSS buildings that have transferred from the BSF in the CSS section of the data release. This is because transferred buildings will go through CSS eligibility checks before buildings are included in the eligible CSS figures.

Of the 801 buildings proceeding with an application for funding in the Building Safety Fund:

• 171 buildings (21%) are remaining in the fund with developers set to reimburse the cost of remediation
• 8 buildings (1%) are anticipated to be transferred to developers

Of the 801 buildings proceeding with an application for funding, 131 buildings have been assessed with a Fire Risk Appraisal for External Walls (FRAEW), and 670 have been assessed under the BSF 2020 CAN criteria. Further details are available in the technical note.

Of the 801 buildings proceeding with an application for funding, 518 buildings (65%) have either started or completed remediation works – a decrease of 6 since the end of June.

Of the 518 buildings that have started or completed remediation as at 31 July 2024:

• 197 buildings (25% of all buildings) have started remediation
• 321 buildings (40% of all buildings) have completed remediation – an increase of 19 since the end of June. Of these, 200 buildings (25% of all buildings) have received building control sign off

There are 283 eligible buildings proceeding with an application for funding that have not started remediation, of which:

• 125 (16% of all buildings) have remediation plans in place
• 158 (20% of all buildings) have reported an intent to remediate

There are an estimated 68,000 dwellings in buildings that are eligible and proceeding with an application for funding in the BSF.

BSF remediation progress over time

Figure 12: 102 more buildings proceeding with an application for funding in the BSF have started or completed remediation since the end of July 2023.

Since the end of July 2023:

• 149 fewer eligible buildings are proceeding with an application for funding from the Building Safety Fund.
• 102 more eligible buildings have started or completed remediation, and 158 more eligible buildings have completed remediation.

BSF remediation by tenure

Figure 13: 66% of social sector buildings in the BSF, including buildings with a financial viability claim, have started or completed remediation compared to 64% of private sector buildings.

Social sector buildings receiving full government funding for their remediation due to financial viability claims were, up until May 2024, included in private sector buildings counts. Further detail is available in the accompanying technical note.

Cladding Safety Scheme

Information in this section is correct as at 31 July 2024 and shows a monthly update from the previous publication.

Figure 14: There are 1,580 buildings at different stages of the Cladding Safety Scheme, including 416 buildings with live applications and 379 eligible buildings, of which 8 buildings have started works.

Remediation stage	Number of buildings	Percentage	Cumulative number	Cumulative percentage
Remediation complete	0	0%	0	0%
Works started	8	2%	8	2%
In programme	371	98%	379	100%
Total	379	100%	379	100%

Table 6: Remediation status for buildings within the Cladding Safety Scheme, 31 July 2024

Cladding Safety Scheme: Key statistics

As at the end of July 2024, there were 1,580 buildings in the different stages of the Cladding Safety Scheme (379 eligible buildings and 1,201 pre-eligible buildings). Of the 1,201 pre-eligible buildings:

• 785 buildings are in the pre-application stage
• 416 buildings have a live application and are progressing through the eligibility stages

There are 379 eligible buildings as at the end of July 2024, an increase of 91 since the end of June. 62 of the newly eligible buildings this month has been transferred from the BSF. In total, 108 of the eligible buildings in the CSS have been transferred from the BSF.

Of the 379 eligible buildings:

• 288 buildings (76% of eligible buildings) have signed Grant Funding Agreements (GFA) - an increase of 48 since the end of June
• Of these, 186 buildings (49% of all eligible buildings) have received a pre-tender support payment – an increase of 17 since the end of June
• 8 buildings have started remediation works on site – an increase of 2 since the end of June

There are over 3,000 further buildings being investigated to establish whether they can start the pre-application process.

Three eligible buildings and 2 buildings with a live application are in Northern Ireland, with the remainder in England.

Height breakdown

Figure 15: Of the 379 eligible buildings in the CSS, 231 are 11-18m and 148 are 18m+.

Tenure breakdown

Figure 16: Of the 379 eligible buildings in the CSS, 304 are private sector buildings and 75 are social sector buildings.

Developer-led remediation

Information in this section received by developers is correct as at 30 April 2024 remains unchanged from the previous publication. Information in this section received from other programmes that relate to developer-led remediation is correct as at 31 July 2024.

The estimates in this section include some buildings which are also included in other sections of this data release e.g., those reported under the following sections: ‘ACM remediation’, ‘Building Safety Fund’, ‘Cladding Safety Scheme’ and ‘Social housing sector’.

Figure 17: 46% of buildings in the developer remediation contract have either started or completed remediation works on life-critical fire safety risks, with 23% having completed remediation works

Remediation stage	Number of buildings	Percentage	Cumulative number	Cumulative percentage
Remediation complete	362	23%	362	23%
Remediation started	365	23%	727	46%
Remediation not started – plans in place	371	24%	1098	70%
Remediation not started – no plans in place	467	30%	1565	100%
Total	1565	100%	1565	100%

Table 7: Remediation status of buildings requiring works under the developer remediation contract, 31 July 2024. Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.

Developer remediation: key statistics

As at 31 July 2024, there are 4,666 buildings covered by the developer remediation contract. Of which, there are 1,565 buildings identified as having life-critical fire safety risks that will be remediated by developers, an increase of 64 since the end of March 2024 and a decrease of 4 from the end of June 2024. The quarterly increase is due to one new developer signing the developer remediation contract and pre-existing signatories identifying more buildings requiring works. The decrease since the end of June is due to an improvement in the estimation of buildings requiring works.

Of the 1,565 buildings identified as having life-critical fire safety risks:

• 362 (23%) are reported to have completed remediation – an increase of 55 since the end of March and no change since the end of June
• 727 (46%) are reported to have started or completed remediation – an increase of 103 since the end of March and no change since the end of June
• 371 (24%) are reported to have not started remediation but have plans in place – a decrease of 141 since the end of March and no change since the end of June

These estimates are subject to change each month due to the monitoring of buildings under the developer remediation contract in other remediation programmes.

The 1,565 buildings identified as requiring remediation have an estimated cost of remediation of around £3.2 billion.

There are an estimated 102,000 dwellings in buildings with defects that developers are committed to remediate. Of these, there are an estimated 47,000 dwellings in buildings that are reported as having either started or completed remediation works.

Based on start and completion dates reported by developers, 344 buildings are expected to start works and 299 buildings are expected to complete their remediation between 1 May 2024 and 30 April 2025.

Of the 1,565 buildings identified as requiring remediation, 440 have transferred from the Building Safety Fund, having been assessed as eligible during their application process. Of these 440 buildings:

• 29 (7%) have completed remediation.
• 132 (30%) have started or completed remediation.
• 120 (27%) are reported to have not started remediation but have plans in place

The 440 buildings in the developer remediation contract differs from the 451 reported in the Building Safety Fund section of the data release, due to developers defining buildings differently to in the Building Safety Fund. The same building structures are included in both sections of the release.

Height breakdown

Figure 18: 53% of the 18m+ buildings have started or completed remediation, compared to 38% of the 11-18m buildings.

Cladding defects

Some remediation being undertaken by developers on buildings with life-critical fire safety risks relate to non-cladding defects. When excluding buildings reported to have only non-cladding defects, there are 1,424 buildings which developers have reported as having unsafe cladding. Of these:

• 340 (24%) are reported to have completed remediation
• 677 (48%) are reported to have started or completed remediation
• 345 (24%) are reported to have not started remediation but have plans in place

These estimates are subject to change each month due to the monitoring of buildings under the developer remediation contract in other remediation programmes.

Self-reported information

The figures reported for developers above combine information received directly from developers as well as information held by the department regarding additional buildings that require or previously required remediation work to help better estimate a figure for buildings requiring remediation. Developers have self-reported that 1,389 buildings require remediation to life-critical fire safety risks and of those 1,262 buildings will be directly remediated by the developer, rather than remaining in the BSF or ACM funds to be remediated and then reimbursed by the developer. Some buildings are being remediated in the BSF or ACM programme but have other non-EWS life-critical fire safety defects which are also included in these statistics. Of these 1,262 buildings being directly remediated by the developer:

• 218 buildings (17%) have completed remediation
• 498 buildings (39%) have started or completed remediation
• 347 buildings (27%) have not started remediation but have a plan in place

Further information on the progress developers have made regarding the buildings they’ve reported on is available in the accompanying management information tables.

Social housing sector

Information in this section received by Registered Providers of Social Housing is correct as at 31 March 2024. Information in this section received from other programmes that relate to social housing is correct as at 31 July 2024.

The estimates in this section include some buildings which are also included in other sections of this data release e.g., those reported under the following sections: ‘ACM remediation’, ‘Building Safety Fund’, ‘Cladding Safety Scheme’ and ‘Developer remediation’.

From June 2024, the estimates in this section of the release include buildings which have been reported by Registered Providers to have completed remediation since 14 June 2017 but prior to the most recent assessment. They also include social buildings the department has identified in other remediation programmes as having unsafe cladding and are also being monitored in those programmes.

Figure 19: 50% of social buildings identified to have unsafe cladding have started or completed remediation works, with 27% (of identified buildings) having completed remediation works.

Remediation stage	Number of buildings	Percentage	Cumulative buildings	Cumulative percentage
Remediation complete	663	27%	663	27%
Remediation started	545	23%	1208	50%
Remediation works planned	717	30%	1925	80%
Remediation plans unclear from survey	489	20%	2414	100%
Total	2414	100%	2414	100%

Table 8: Remediation status of social buildings with unsafe cladding, 31 July 2024.

Social Housing remediation: key statistics

1,496 registered providers of social housing were invited to complete a survey on their 11m+ stock. 1,460 (98%) registered providers have responded, of which 430 identified themselves as being the responsible entity for at least one 11 metre plus building.

As at 31 July 2024, 2,414 social buildings 11 metres and over in height have been identified as having life-critical fire-safety cladding defects. Of the 2,414 buildings identified with unsafe cladding:

• 1,817 were reported by Registered Providers to have unsafe cladding at the time of their most recent assessment. This is a decrease of one since June 2024 due to the identification and removal of a duplicated building from the data. This could include buildings whose remediation work has been completed but await building control sign off and those awaiting a subsequent assessment to confirm no outstanding life-critical fire-safety defects. Additional information on these buildings is available in the accompanying management information tables, social housing provider release document and the Regulator for Social Housing’s publication on Fire safety remediation in social housing in England, which reports 1,820 buildings from aggregate-level data;
• 156 were reported by Registered Providers to have unsafe cladding in the previous survey (as at 30 November 2023) but have since completed remediation;
• 323 were reported by Registered Providers to have unsafe cladding since 14 June 2017 but prior to the most recent assessment, which have since been remediated;
• 118 were identified under other remediation programmes (BSF, ACM, CSS or developer remediation) as having unsafe cladding and are also being monitored in those programmes

Of the 2,414 buildings identified to have unsafe cladding:

• 663 buildings (27%) are reported to have completed remediation
• 1,208 buildings (50%) are reported to have started or completed remediation
• 717 buildings (30%) are reported to have not started remediation but have plans in place

These estimates are subject to change each month due to the monitoring of social buildings in other remediation programmes.

Height breakdown

Figure 20: 58% of the 18m+ social buildings identified to have unsafe cladding have started or completed remediation, compared to 42% of the 11-18m buildings.

Additional information available for individual social housing providers is available in the accompanying management information tables and social housing provider release document.

The estimates in this section exclude 3 buildings identified with unsafe cladding which have been decanted prior to demolition.

Social Housing remediation: recent assessments

The estimates in this section include buildings self-reported by registered providers in the latest survey (as at 31 March 2024) as having unsafe cladding at the time of their most recent assessment.

Registered Providers reported that 1,818 buildings have been identified with unsafe cladding at the time of the most recent assessment. Of these:

• 103 buildings (6%) are reported to have completed remediation
• 631 buildings (35%) are reported to have started or completed remediation
• 700 buildings (39%) are reported to have not started remediation but have plans in place

Enforcement

Information in this section is correct as of 29th July 2024 and shows a monthly update from the previous publication.

This section includes local authority enforcement action on buildings 11 metres or over in height Up until June 2024 only enforcement action taken on buildings over 18m in height was reported on.

Local authority enforcement action: key statistics

As of 29th July 2024, enforcement action has been, or is being, taken under the Housing Act against:

• 418 buildings over 11m with unsafe cladding - an increase of 20 since the end of June
• including 128 buildings with Joint Inspection Team support – an increase of 11 since the end of June

Of the 418 buildings where a local authority had undertaken an inspection, we are aware that:

• 103 had a Category 1 HHSRS rating
• 278 buildings had a Category 2 HHSRS rating
• an additional building has had 2 inspections – one where it was rated a Category 2 HHSRS rating, and another where it was rated a Category 1 HHSRS rating

Of the 418 buildings, we are aware that at least 135 improvement notices, 36 hazard awareness notices and 1 prohibition order have been served to date. We understand that 34 of the improvement notices have been subject to appeals.

Accompanying dashboard

An additional interactive dashboard showing the information in this release is available.

Accompanying tables 

 Additional management information tables are available.

The tables provide data on:

• the remediation progress of high-rise (18 metres and over) residential buildings identified with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding systems,
• the remediation progress of high-rise residential buildings with unsafe non-ACM cladding systems that are pursuing successful applications from their Building Safety Fund (BSF) Registration,
• data on buildings in the Cladding Safety Scheme (CSS),
• the remediation progress of buildings covered by the developer remediation contract, including a developer-by-developer breakdown,
• the remediation progress of buildings monitored under the social housing survey, including a provider-by-provider breakdown,
• the progress of the Waking Watch Relief Fund and Waking Watch Replacement Fund, and
• building safety enforcement action undertaken by Local Authorities in England

Related statistics

BRE testing

Previously, MHCLG published a table on samples received by BRE for testing which has been discontinued as of October 2019 (see Technical Notes). The data table of descriptions of large-scale system tests undertaken by the BRE and the number of buildings with similar cladding systems was discontinued in November 2020.

Developer data

MHCLG has published data provided by developers who have signed the developer remediation contract. This release provides information on the number of buildings in scope of the contract, assessments in place, number of buildings requiring remediation works and status of those works by developer.

English Housing Survey: Feeling Safe from Fire

MHCLG has published the English Housing Survey 2020 to 2021: Feeling Safe from Fire report, providing information on the extent to which people feel safe from fire in their homes.

Estimating the prevalence and costs of external wall system life-safety fire risk in mid-rise residential buildings

MHCLG has published data on the prevalence of external wall system life-safety fire risk in mid-rise (11-18m) residential buildings in England, and the estimated cost as at July 2021 to remediate or mitigate these buildings.

EWS1 requirements on residential buildings in England

MHCLG has published information on estimates of EWS1 requirements on residential buildings in England, including indicative analysis on the cladding coverage of residential buildings and the number of leasehold dwellings in those buildings.

EWS1 (or equivalent) lender data on mortgage valuation for flats

MHCLG publishes quarterly data on the numbers of EWS1 forms (or equivalent) that have been required on mortgage valuations for flats.

Population and dwelling numbers

Previously, MHCLG published estimates on population and dwelling numbers of residential buildings in the Building Safety Programme data release. Should these figures change, MHCLG will publish a new update.

RSH publication

On 20 June 2024, the Regulator of Social Housing published findings from the Fire Safety Remediation Survey (FRS) for buildings 11 metres and over in height, which opened to all landlords on 25 March 2024 and closed on 22 April 2024.

Social housing provider data

MHCLG has published data provided by social housing providers on remediation progress of their building stock. This release provides information on the number of buildings, assessments in place, number of buildings requiring remediation works and status of those works by social housing provider.

Waking Watch costs

On 16 October 2020, MHCLG published information on Waking Watch costs based on data collected through a range of external stakeholders from July to September 2020.

Technical note 

Please see the accompanying technical notes document for further details.