High Rise Flats: Home Insurance

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government written question – answered am ar 13 Chwefror 2025.

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Photo of Darren Paffey Darren Paffey Llafur, Southampton Itchen

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to tackle increases in building insurance premiums for leaseholders in high-risk buildings.

Photo of Alex Norris Alex Norris Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Buildings insurance premiums remain unacceptably high for many leaseholders in buildings with fire safety issues, who have been paying too much for too long.

My officials have already started working with the insurance industry, as announced in the Remediation Acceleration Plan, to consider whether, for the duration of remediation programmes, government might support industry to reduce fire related liabilities, in order to reduce the high insurance bills some leaseholders are facing.

We have also launched a public consultation on the introduction of a fair and transparent fee for leaseholders to pay to those who manage insurance for their buildings.

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