What assessment has the Minister made of consequential funding for Wales related to building fire safety and cladding remediation in England?
With regards to consequential funding, it is not always possible to identify specific consequential funding arising from UK Government announcements. A consequential is only generated when new funding is released from the Treasury to a UK Government department. At spending review, we are only presented with the total changes arising from Whitehall departments’ settlements. This means that we have not been provided with the profile of the funding over the latest spending review period specifically for cladding remediation.
However, the £375 million we have allocated to spend on building safety over the next three years is more than double the amount that we would receive through a consequential from the £3 billion the UK Government announced for building safety in the Spending Review. The Welsh Government’s Budget allocations for Building Safety will be directed towards delivering the full programme of reform and remediation work we have committed to.