Question follow-through · 19728
Buildings: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the impact of post-Grenfell building safety costs on leaseholders in West Dorset.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 54 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the impact of post-Grenfell building safety costs on leaseholders in West Dorset.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
We recognise concerns about building safety costs and are clear that costs should be fair, transparent and represent value for money. Protections are in place to limit the costs of remediating historical building safety defects. Cladding remediation costs...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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