Research and analysis

Building Safety Remediation: monthly data release - January 2025

Published 20 February 2025

Applies to England

Date of next publication: 9.30am on Thursday 20 March 2025

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

Headlines

Overall remediation

As at the end of January 2025, there are 5,025 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 14 since the end of December 2024.

Since the department first began reporting on all five remediation programmes in October 2023, 1,228 more buildings with unsafe cladding are being reported on in this release.

Overall, 2,410 buildings (48%) have either started or completed remediation works. Of these, 1,482 buildings (29%) have completed remediation works.

Figure 1: Of the 5,025 buildings identified with unsafe cladding, 2,410 (48%) have started or completed remediation works, of which 1,482 (29%) have completed remediation works. This includes remediation progress on high rise (18m+) and mid-rise (11-18m) buildings in height.

Note: 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 identified with unsafe cladding, reported in the overall remediation section of the data release, does not equal the sum of the number of buildings reported in each remediation programme, due to some buildings appearing in more than one remediation programme.

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 January 2025) since previous publication.

As at 31 January 2025 of the 514 high-rise (18 metres and over in height) residential and publicly owned buildings with ACM cladding systems, unlikely to meet Building Regulations, 493 (96%) have either started or completed remediation works, an increase of one since the end of December.

Of these, 446 buildings (87%) have completed ACM remediation, including those awaiting building control sign-off, no change since the end of December.

There are 21 buildings yet to start ACM remediation (4% of all buildings), a decrease of one since the end of December. One building is vacant so does not pose a risk to resident safety, 17 occupied buildings have forecast start dates, two further buildings have had local authority enforcement action taken against them, and the remaining building came into scope in 2024.

Building Safety Fund (BSF) – monthly update (as at end January 2025) since previous publication.

As of 31 January 2025, of the 813 high-rise (18 metres and over in height) residential buildings proceeding with an application for funding through the Building Safety Fund, 149 buildings (18%) have started remediation works and 373 buildings (46%) have completed remediation on unsafe non-ACM cladding, including those awaiting building control sign-off.

Overall, 522 high-rise buildings (64%) in the BSF have either started or completed remediation works on non-ACM cladding, an increase of one since the end of December. Of these, 373 buildings (46% of buildings) have completed remediation works, an increase of nine since the end of December.

Cladding Safety Scheme (CSS) – monthly update (as at end January 2025) since previous publication.

As of 31 January 2025, 556 buildings 11 meters and over in height have been assessed as eligible for the Cladding Safety Scheme (including 109 buildings that have transferred from the BSF), an increase of 31 since the end of December. Of these, 65 buildings (12%) have either started or completed remediation works, an increase of 12 since the end of December. Of these, 20 buildings (4%) have completed remediation works, including those awaiting building control sign-off, an increase of three since the end of December.

The CSS continues to investigate and pull in potentially eligible buildings. There are a further 2,735 buildings 11 meters and over in height in the pre-eligible stages of the Cladding Safety Scheme, which launched fully in July 2023. Of these, 279 buildings are progressing through eligibility checks, and 2,456 buildings are in the pre-application stage.

Developer remediation – data received from developers as at 31 October 2024. Data received from other programmes relating to developer-led remediation is as at 31 January 2025

Data received from developers is accurate as at 31 October 2024, except for one developer (Frasers Property) who did not submit data within the deadline. For this developer, the data release uses the data they submitted as at 31 July 2024.

As at 31 January 2025, 1,745 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 (where the cladding remediation works are being carried out in a government funded remediation programme), no change since reported in the December data release.

Of these, developers reported that 850 (49%) have either started or completed remediation works, no change since reported in the December data release. Of these, 439 (25% of buildings) are reported to have completed remediation works, no change since reported in the December data release.

When excluding buildings reported with only non-cladding defects, there are 1,535 buildings which developers have reported as having unsafe cladding, of which 790 (51%) are reported to have started or completed remediation, including 397 (26% of buildings) which are reported to have completed remediation.

Social housing sector – data received from Registered Providers of social housing as at 30 September 2024, data received from other programmes relating to social housing sector remediation is as at 31 January 2025

As at 31 January 2025, 2,663 social buildings 11 metres and over in height have been identified as having life-critical fire-safety cladding defects. This is an increase of 57 buildings since reported in the December data release. 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). The increase of 57 buildings with life-critical fire-safety cladding defects since reported in the December data release is due to improved data matching between programmes allowing for further social housing buildings reported by Registered Providers to be identified as having cladding defects.

Of these, 1,214 (46%) are reported to have started or completed remediation works - an increase of 38 buildings since reported in the December data release. Of these, 756 (28% of buildings) have completed remediation - an increase of 28 buildings since reported in the December data release.

Enforcement – monthly update (as at 27 January 2025) since previous publication

As at 27 January 2025, local authority enforcement action has been, or is being, taken under the Housing Act 2004 against 523 buildings over 11m with unsafe cladding, an increase of 17 since the end of December 2024.

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.

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 three months are:

• 20 March 2025
• 17 April 2025
• 22 May 2025

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: 2,410 residential buildings (48% of identified buildings) have started or completed remediation on unsafe cladding, of which 1,482 (29% of identified buildings) have completed remediation works.

Remediation Stage	Number of buildings	Percentage	Cumulative Number	Cumulative Percentage
Remediation complete (including those awaiting building control signoff)	1482	29%	1482	29%
Remediation underway	928	18%	2410	48%
In programme	2615	52%	5025	100%
Total	5025	100%	5025	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 January 2025.

Overall remediation: key statistics

Of the 5,025 residential buildings 11 metres and over in height with unsafe cladding the department is monitoring, as of 31 January 2025:

• 1,482 buildings (29%) have completed remediation, including those awaiting building control sign off
• 928 buildings (18%) have started remediation
• 2,615 buildings (52%) have not started remediation

Since the end of December 2024:

• The department is monitoring the remediation progress of 14 more buildings.
• Seven more buildings are known to have started or completed remediation, and 10 more buildings are known to have completed remediation.

Since the end of January 2024:

• The department is monitoring the remediation progress of 1,053 more buildings, largely due to more buildings being identified with unsafe cladding in the CSS and reported by developers and social housing registered providers.
• 724 more buildings are known to have started or completed remediation, of which 667 more buildings are known to have completed remediation.

There are an estimated 273,000 dwellings in the occupied private and social sector 11m+ residential buildings with unsafe cladding that the department are monitoring. Of these an estimated 92,000 dwellings are in buildings that have completed remediation, and an estimated 56,000 additional dwellings are in buildings that have started remediation. An estimated 125,000 dwellings are in buildings that have not started remediation.

Figure 3: Progress of remediating unsafe cladding differs across the programmes due to the differing maturity of the schemes.

Overall remediation by height

Figure 4: 56% 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: 46% of the social buildings the department is monitoring the remediation progress of have started or completed remediation on unsafe cladding, compared to 48% 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 January 2025

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 January 2025 and shows a monthly update from the previous publication.

Figure 7: 96% of the 514 identified ACM clad high-rise buildings have started or completed remediation, with 92% having had their ACM cladding removed and 87% having completed remediation.

Remediation Stage	Number of buildings	Percentage	Cumulative Number	Cumulative Percentage
Completed Remediation	423	82%	423	82%
Remediation complete awaiting building control signoff	23	4%	446	87%
Remediation started - cladding removed	29	6%	475	92%
Remediation started	18	4%	493	96%
Remediation plans in place	18	4%	511	99%
Intent to remediate	1	<1%	512	<100%
Remediation plan unclear	2	<1%	514	<100%
Total	514	100%	514	100%

Table 2: Remediation status of buildings with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations, 31 January 2025

ACM remediation: key statistics

As of 31 January 2025, the department has identified 514 high-rise residential and publicly owned buildings identified with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations, no change since the end of December.

• 446 buildings (87% of all buildings) have completed ACM remediation – no change since the end of December. Of these, 423 buildings (82% of all buildings) have received building control sign off – an increase of three since the end of December.

• 493 buildings (96% of all buildings) have started or completed ACM remediation – an increase of one since the end of December. Of these, 475 buildings (92% of all buildings) have removed ACM cladding – no change since the end of December.

There are an estimated 27,000-30,200 dwellings in private and social sector buildings that have completed remediation, and a further 5,000-5,200 dwellings in occupied private and social sector buildings that have yet to be remediated.

Please note that the reported figure in the December 2024 release was 26,700-30,000 dwellings that have completed remediation, and a further 5,300-5,400 dwellings that have yet to be remediated. This has since been revised to 27,000-30,200 dwellings that have completed remediation, and a further 5,100-5,300 dwellings that have yet to be remediated.

Driving ACM remediation forward

There are 21 buildings yet to start ACM remediation (4% of all buildings) - a decrease of one since the end of December. 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 March 2025
Total	20	8	4	17	1

Table 3: Enforcement action and forecast start dates for occupied high-rise buildings yet to start ACM remediation, 31 January 2025

Of the 20 high-rise occupied buildings yet to start ACM remediation:

• one building is forecast to start works by the end of March 2025, and has had local authority enforcement action taken against it.

• 16 additional buildings are forecast to start works by the end of December 2025, and five of these have had local authority enforcement action taken against them.

• two further buildings without a forecast start date have had local authority enforcement action taken against them.

• the remaining building has been determined as in scope of the ACM monitoring programme in 2024, and the department continues to engage with the building owner to ensure its remediation is progressed.

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: 96% of buildings are forecast to have started or completed ACM remediation works by the end of March 2025.

ACM remediation progress by year of identification

Figure 9: 99% of buildings identified at 31 December 2022 have started or completed remediation compared to 96% of all buildings in the programme.

Since 31 December 2021, 33 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, six buildings were identified in 2022, eight buildings were identified in 2023, and 19 buildings were identified 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	19	514
2025	0	514
Total	514	514

Table 4: Buildings with unsafe ACM cladding by year of identification, 31 January 2025

ACM remediation by sector

Figure 10: 99% of the 162 social sector residential buildings in the ACM programme have started or completed remediation, compared to 93% of the 252 private sector residential buildings.

Building Safety Fund

Information in this section is correct as at 31 January 2025 and shows a monthly update from the previous publication.

Figure 11: 64% of buildings proceeding with an application for funding in the BSF have started or completed remediation, with 46% having completed remediation.

Remediation Stage	Number of buildings	Percentage	Cumulative Number	Cumulative Percentage
Remediation complete	236	29%	236	29%
Remediation complete: awaiting building control sign-off	137	17%	373	46%
Remediation started	149	18%	522	64%
Remediation plans in place	144	18%	666	82%
Intent to remediate	147	18%	813	100%
Total	813	100%	813	100%

Table 5: Remediation status of buildings within the Building Safety Fund, 31 January 2025

BSF remediation: key statistics

As at 31 January 2025, 813 buildings were assessed as eligible and are proceeding with an application for funding from the Building Safety Fund. The remaining 2,859 buildings registered with the fund are either ineligible (1,112), withdrawn (1,602), in review or have given insufficient evidence (20), or have transferred to the Cladding Safety Scheme (125).

Of the 2,859 buildings that registered with the Building Safety Fund and are not currently proceeding with an application for funding, 456 buildings which were assessed as eligible have been transferred to developers

As at 31 January 2025, 125 buildings have transferred to the Cladding Safety Scheme for their remediation (where at time of transfer works had 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 813 buildings proceeding with an application for funding in the Building Safety Fund:

• 170 buildings (21%) are remaining in the fund with developers set to reimburse the cost of remediation.

• eight buildings (1%) are anticipated to be transferred to developers.

Of the 813 buildings proceeding with an application for funding, 184 buildings have been assessed with a Fire Risk Appraisal for External Walls (FRAEW), and 629 have been assessed under the BSF 2020 CAN criteria. It is possible for a building to submit a new application to the fund after having completed remediation, if it originally applied under the BSF 2020 CAN criteria. Therefore, buildings could be double counted. As of 31 January 2025 one building had undertaken remediation work from both application periods, so is double counted. Further details are available in the technical note .

Of the 813 buildings proceeding with an application for funding, 522 buildings (64%) have either started or completed remediation works – an increase of one since the end of December.

Of the 522 buildings that have started or completed remediation as at 31 January 2025:

• 149 buildings (18% of all buildings) have started remediation.

• 373 buildings (46% of all buildings) have completed remediation – an increase of nine since the end of December. Of these, 236 buildings (29% of all buildings) have received building control sign off.

There are 291 eligible buildings proceeding with an application for funding that have not started remediation, of which:

• 144 (18% of all buildings) have remediation plans in place.

• 147 (18% of all buildings) have reported an intent to remediate.

There are an estimated 67,000 dwellings in buildings that are eligible and proceeding with an application for funding in the BSF.

BSF remediation progress over time

Figure 12: 26 more buildings proceeding with an application for funding in the BSF have started or completed remediation since the end of January 2024

Since the end of January 2024:

• 134 fewer eligible buildings are proceeding with an application for funding from the Building Safety Fund.

• 26 more eligible buildings have started or completed remediation, and 123 more eligible buildings have completed remediation.

BSF remediation by tenure

Figure 13: 64% of private sector buildings and social sector buildings have started or completed remediation, with 46% of private sector buildings having completed remediation and 45% of social 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 January 2025 and shows a monthly update from the previous publication.

Figure 14: There are 3,291 buildings at different stages of the Cladding Safety Scheme, including 279 buildings with live applications and 556 eligible buildings, of which 65 buildings have started or completed works, with 20 having completed works.

Remediation Stage	Number of buildings	Percentage	Cumulative Number	Cumulative Percentage
Remediation complete	20	4%	20	4%
Works started	45	8%	65	12%
In programme	491	88%	556	100%
Total	556	100%	556	100%

Table 6: Remediation status for buildings within the Cladding Safety Scheme, 31 January 2025

Cladding Safety Scheme: key statistics

As at the end of January 2025, there were 3,291 buildings in the different stages of the Cladding Safety Scheme (556 eligible buildings and 2,735 pre-eligible buildings). Of the 2,735 pre-eligible buildings:

• 2,456 buildings are in the pre-application stage.

• 279 buildings have a live application and are progressing through the eligibility stages

There are 556 eligible buildings as at the end of January 2025, an increase of 31 since the end of December. None of the newly eligible buildings this month have been transferred from the BSF. In total, 109 of the eligible buildings in the CSS have been transferred from the BSF.

Of the 556 eligible buildings:

• 536 buildings (96% of eligible buildings) have signed Grant Funding Agreements (GFA) - an increase of 37 since the end of December.

• of these, 359 buildings (65% of all eligible buildings) have received a pre-tender support payment – an increase of 28 since the end of December.

• 65 buildings have started or completed remediation works on site – an increase of 12 since the end of December.

• of these, 20 buildings have completed remediation works on site, including those awaiting building control sign-off – an increase of three since the end of December.

Four eligible buildings are in Northern Ireland, with the remainder in England.

Height breakdown

Figure 15: Of the 556 eligible buildings in the CSS, 373 are 11-18m and 183 are 18m+.

Tenure breakdown

Figure 16: Of the 556 eligible buildings in the CSS, 404 are private sector buildings and 152 are social sector buildings.

Developer-led remediation

Information in this section received by developers is correct as at 31 October 2024, except for Frasers Developments, who did not submit data within the deadline. For this developer, the data reported in this release uses the data they submitted as at 31 July 2024. The information received by developers remains unchanged since the previous publication. Information in this section received from other programmes that relate to developer-led remediation (where cladding remediation is being carried out in a government funded remediation programme and the developer will subsequently pay for the works) is correct as at 31 January 2025.

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: 49% of buildings in the developer remediation contract have either started or completed remediation works on life-critical fire safety risks, with 25% having completed remediation works.

Remediation Stage	Number of buildings	Percentage	Cumulative Number	Cumulative Percentage
Remediation complete	357	20%	357	20%
Remediation complete – awaiting building control sign-off	82	5%	439	25%
Remediation started	411	24%	850	49%
Remediation not started – plans in place	430	25%	1280	73%
Remediation not started – no plans in place	465	27%	1745	100%
Total	1745	100%	1745	100%

Table 7: Remediation status of buildings requiring works under the developer remediation contract, 31 January 2025. Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.

Developer remediation: key statistics

As at 31 January 2025, 54 developers have signed the developer remediation contract. Between them, there are 4,683 buildings covered by the developer remediation contract. Of which, there are 1,745 buildings identified as having life-critical fire safety risks that will be remediated by developers – no change since the December data release.

Of the 1,745 buildings identified as having life-critical fire safety risks:

• 439 (25%) are reported to have completed remediation– no change since the December data release. Of the 439 buildings that are reported to have completed remediation, 357 buildings (20% of all buildings with defects) are reported to have received building control sign-off

• 850 (49%) are reported to have started or completed remediation – no change since the December data release

• 430 (25%) are reported to have not started remediation but have plans in place – no change since the December data release

Although information from developers is received quarterly, these statistics are subject to change and are updated monthly as information from other programmes which relate to remediation is updated monthly.

The 1,745 buildings identified as requiring remediation have an estimated cost of remediation of around £3.7 billion. This has not changed compared to the December data release.

There are an estimated 115,000 dwellings in buildings with defects that developers are committed to remediate. Of these, there are an estimated 59,000 dwellings in buildings that are reported as having either started or completed remediation works.

Based on start and completion dates reported by developers, 509 buildings which have not yet started are reportedly expected to start works between 1 November 2024 and 31 October 2025, and 284 buildings which have not yet completed are reportedly expected to complete their remediation between 1 November 2024 and 31 October 2025.

445 buildings have transferred from the Building Safety Fund to developers, an increase of one since the December data release:

• 46 (10%) have completed remediation - no change since the December data release. Of these 46, 32 buildings (7% of all buildings) are reported to have received building control sign-off

• 167 (38%) have started or completed remediation – no change since the December data release

• 127 (29%) are reported to have not started remediation but have plans in place - an increase of one since the December data release

• 63 (14%) are reported to have not started remediation and have no plans in place – no change since the December data release

• 88 (20%) have not been identified by developers as having life-critical fire-safety defects – no change since the December data release.

The 445 buildings in the developer remediation contract differs from the 456 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: 54% of the 18m+ buildings have started or completed remediation, compared to 42% 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 1,535 buildings which developers have reported as having unsafe cladding – no change since the December data release. Of these:

• 397 (26%) are reported to have completed remediation - no change since the December data release. Of these 397, 331 buildings (22% of all buildings with cladding defects) are reported to have received building control sign-off

• 790 (51%) are reported to have started or completed remediation - no change since the December data release

• 390 (25%) are reported to have not started remediation but have plans in place - no change since the December data release

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 from other programmes which relate to remediation. This is to help better estimate a figure for buildings requiring remediation under the developer remediation contract. The figures reported above will also include buildings which are being remediated solely under a government remediation scheme, for which the developer will reimburse taxpayers.

The estimates in this section report on buildings which have been self-reported by developers as requiring remediation to life-critical fire safety risks. Furthermore, this section reports on buildings which are being remediated by the developer directly, rather than being remediated through a government fund and being reimbursed to taxpayers.

Developers have self-reported that 1,492 buildings require life-critical fire safety remediation, which will be directly remediated by the developer. Some of these buildings are being remediated in the BSF or ACM programme, however they are reported to have other non-EWS life-critical fire safety defects which are being remediated by the developer and are therefore included in these statistics. Of these 1,492 buildings being directly remediated by the developer:

• 292 buildings (20%) have completed remediation. Of these, 225 buildings (15% of all buildings with defects) are reported to have received building control sign-off.
• 652 buildings (44%) have started or completed remediation.
• 400 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 30 September 2024 and remains unchanged from the previous publication. Information in this section received from other programmes that relate to social housing is correct as at 31 January 2025.

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: 46% of social buildings identified to have unsafe cladding have started or completed remediation works, with 28% (of identified buildings) having completed remediation works.

Remediation Stage	Number of buildings	Percentage	Cumulative Number	Cumulative Percentage
Remediation complete	693	26%	693	26%
Remediation complete – awaiting building control sign-off	63	2%	756	28%
Remediation started	458	17%	1214	46%
Remediation works planned	853	32%	2067	78%
Remediation plans unclear from survey	596	22%	2663	100%
Total	2663	100%	2663	100%

Table 8: Remediation status of social buildings with unsafe cladding, 31 January 2025.

Social housing remediation: key statistics

564 registered providers of social housing were invited to respond to this round of a survey on their 11m+ stock. 935 small registered providers were excluded from this round of the survey because they had indicated that they were not the Responsible Entity for any 11m+ residential buildings.

As at 31 January 2025, 2,663 social buildings 11 metres and over in height have been identified as having life-critical fire-safety cladding defects – an increase of 57 since the December data release. Of the 2,663 buildings identified with unsafe cladding:

• 1,992 were reported by Registered Providers to have unsafe cladding at the time of their most recent assessment. 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.

• 500 were reported by Registered Providers to have unsafe cladding since June 2017 but prior to the most recent assessment, which have since been remediated. Of these, 12 were reported by Registered Providers to have unsafe cladding in the previous survey (as at 30 June 2024) but have since completed remediation.

• 171 were identified under other remediation programmes (BSF, ACM, CSS or developer remediation) as having unsafe cladding and are also being monitored in those programmes. This is an increase of 57 buildings since reported in the December data release, due to improved data matching between programmes allowing for further social housing buildings reported by Registered Providers to be identified as having cladding defects.

Of the 2,663 buildings identified to have unsafe cladding:

• 756 buildings (28%) are reported to have completed remediation – an increase of 28 since reported in the December data release. Of these 756, 693 (26% of all buildings with defects) are reported to have received building control sign-off – an increase of 28 since reported in the December data release.

• 1,214 buildings (46%) are reported to have started or completed remediation – an increase of 38 since reported in the December data release.

• 853 buildings (32%) are reported to have not started remediation but have plans in place – an increase of six since reported in the December data release.

Although information from registered providers of social housing is received quarterly, these statistics will be updated monthly as information from other programmes which relate to social building remediation is updated monthly.

Height breakdown

Figure 20: 52% of the 18m+ social buildings identified to have unsafe cladding have started or completed remediation, compared to 39% 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 three 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 30 September 2024) as having unsafe cladding at the time of their most recent assessment.

Registered Providers reported that 2,492 have been found to have unsafe cladding since June 2017. Of these, 500 completed remediation prior to their most recent building works assessment and 1,992 buildings have been identified with unsafe cladding at the time of the most recent building works assessment. Of the 1,992 buildings:

• 144 buildings (7%) are reported to have completed remediation – no change since the December data release. Of these 144, 84 buildings (4% of all buildings with defects) are reported to have received building control sign-off

• 589 buildings (30%) are reported to have started or completed remediation - no change since the December data release

• 831 buildings (42%) are reported to have not started remediation but have plans in place – no change since the December data release

Enforcement

Information in this section is correct as of 27 January 2025 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 27th January 2025, enforcement action has been, or is being, taken under the Housing Act against 523 buildings over 11m with unsafe cladding - an increase of 17 since the end of December. Of these, 148 buildings have had 151 inspections with Joint Inspection Team support – an increase of three inspections since the end of December.

Of the 523 buildings where a local authority had undertaken an inspection, we are aware that:

• 112 had a Category 1 HHSRS rating
• 347 buildings had a Category 2 HHSRS rating

As several buildings have now had two or more inspections, from August 2024, only the most recent inspection’s category rating is reported on, as this is used to gauge the risks of the buildings in each Local Authority’s portfolio. Additional inspections are still reported as enforcement action.

Of the 523 buildings, we are aware that at least 182 improvement notices, 53 hazard awareness notices and 1 prohibition order have been served to date. Some buildings may have received multiple notices. We understand that 42 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

• 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 19 December 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 19 September 2024 and closed on 5 December 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.

Cladding remediation unit costs

On 17 December 2024, MHCLG published data on cladding remediation unit costs, providing data on costs per square metre of cladding remediated for high-rise non-ACM buildings, including analysis by cladding area and cost categories.

Technical note 

Please see the accompanying technical notes document for further details