Oral QuestionDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to reduce the digital skills gap.

Tabled: 26 March 2024Answered: 17 April 2024

Asked by

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

LabourSlough

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Alex Norris)

Sadly, I hear these stories across the country as well. The reality is that the best step that can be taken is for the developer to enter into the cladding safety scheme, to get the building remediated and to get the costs removed. In the meantime, we have made money available through the waking watch replacement fund, so that that particularly expensive way of keeping a building safe can be replaced. There are ways of tackling the pain in the short term, but the reality is that the only solution is the remediation of buildings, and that is why we are pushing on so hard through our remediation acceleration plan.