Cladding replacement funding: FOI release

Information requested

“Using FOI Scotland can you tell me how much of the 97.2 million provided by Westminster for replacing the flammable cladding, how many buildings have been completed, how many still to do and how much of the removal and replacement of the cladding on the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital been completed so far.”

Response

1. The Scottish Government received £97.1 m in Barnett consequentials following the UK Government’s announcement in March 2020 to remediate non-ACM cladding systems on residential buildings 18 metres and over where leaseholders would incur the costs or where the costs are a threat to the financial stability of the social housing provider.

The total spend incurred within the Cladding Remediation Programme is £16.9 m up to 31 March 2024. We publish information on programme spend on a quarterly basis at Single Building Assessment programme: spending information (gov.scot). This page will be updated during August to include spend up to 30 June 2024.

2. There are 107 entries in the pilot of the Cladding Remediation Programme. Entries can comprise of a single block or building, or a development / part of a development consisting of multiple blocks or buildings.

• Pilot assessments have been undertaken for 30 of the entries. A pilot assessment includes those carried out prior to the publication of the Single Building Assessment (SBA) specification on 21 June 2024. This number relates to known pilot assessments only; developers, homeowners or other organisations could have commissioned assessments without informing the Scottish Government. Therefore, the true number may be higher and could increase as further information becomes available.
• Works to mitigate or remediate risks have started for five of the entries. Works in this context refers to any action taken to address known cladding-related risks, including Urgent Interim Measures. This number relates to known works on a pilot entry only; developers or other organisations could have carried out works without informing the Scottish Government. Again, this means the true number may be higher and could increase as further information becomes available.
• Works to remediate risks have not been completed for any of the entries. Although work on the external wall cladding system has been undertaken on one building, an SBA – carried out to the standard to be specified by Scottish Ministers under section 32 of the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Act 2024 – is required to ensure that all works required have been identified and completed ahead of the remediation being designated as complete.

Further information on the SBA specification is available at Cladding Remediation Programme: Single Building Assessment specification (gov.scot).

Further information on the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Act 2024 is available at Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Act 2024 (legislation.gov.uk).

3. The current timeline for the work to replace the atrium wall lining at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, as of May 2024, is as follows:

• Work commenced: Nov 2022
• Wall linings to Lift Cores: completion date Q1 2025 (this can be considered roughly the halfway point in terms of m2)
• Thereafter the Link Bridge ‘pod’ linings will be commenced
• Final completion: Q4 2026

Further information on this work is available at Work to remove and replace some wall panels within QEUH atrium (nhsggc.scot).

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