Cladding Remediation Programme costs: EIR release

Information requested

1. What funds are remaining for the Cladding Remediation Programme?

2. How much has already been spent carrying out SBAs and remediating cladding under the fund?

3. How many applicants have applied for funding?

4. Please identify the types of applicant (Eg Local Authority, Social Landlord etc), and a breakdown ofapplicants per type.

5. Can you provide the names of those who have been awarded money under the fund?

6. And how many of these applications have received a determination, and how many of these havebeen successful?

7. What is the average amount of money awarded per successful application?

8. Once awarded funding, how is a suitable contractor selected, Eg direct award, tender etc?

Response

In answer to your questions above, I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested. While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested.

On questions 1 and 2, partial information relating to the Scottish Government’s Cladding Remediation programme is publicly and freely available at the following:

Single Building Assessment programme: spending information - gov.scot

The last update that was published on the website showed £10.8 million of expenditure in relation to SBAs, Waking Watches, Mitigation and Remediation as at Q3 2024-25.

The information you have requested since this publication date is currently under review with the intention of publishing it in October 2025. As such it is exempted under Regulation 10(4)(d) - Material in the course of completion.

This exemption is subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption. We recognise that there is some public interest in release as part of open, transparent and accountable government. However, this is outweighed by the public interest in ensuring that unfinished or incomplete information is not disclosed when it might misinform the public or give a misleading impression.

In answer to questions 3 and 4, partial information relating to the Scottish Government’s Cladding Remediation programme is publicly and freely available at the following:

Scotland’s Cladding Remediation Programme update: Q2 2025

As at 30 June 2025, the Cladding Remediation programme had received 600 expressions of interest (EoIs) via the Single Open Call. This number includes EoIs that may be deemed out of scope of the Cladding Remediation Programme. The breakdown of applicants by type are shown in Figure 2 in Scotland’s Cladding Remediation Programme update: Q2 2025 – for your convenience the numbers used to create Figure 2 are provided here: Of the 600 EoIs, more than half (311) were submitted by factors or property managers, 197 were submitted by a Local Authorities, 88 were submitted by Registered Social Landlords, 3 were submitted by owner’s or resident’s associations and 1 was submitted by another type of applicant.

The information you have requested since this publication date is exempted under Regulation 10(4)(d) - Material in the course of completion. However, as Scotland’s Cladding Remediation Programme update is now a quarterly publication, these totals, reported to the end of Q3 2025 (September) will be published on 28 October 2025.

This exemption is subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption. We recognise that there is some public interest in release as part of open, transparent and accountable government. However, this is outweighed by the public interest in ensuring that unfinished or incomplete information is not disclosed when it might misinform the public or give a misleading impression.

In answer to question 5, this information is exempt from release under Regulation 10(5)(f) Third Party Interests.

This exemption is subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption. We recognise that there is some public interest in release as part of open, transparent and accountable government. However, this is outweighed by the public interest in ensuring the Scottish Government does not release information pertaining to third parties to which they have not consented.

In answer to question 6, partial information relating to the Scottish Government’s Cladding Remediation programme is publicly and freely available at the following:

Cladding Remediation Programme: Next Phase Plan of Action

It states that as at 24 July, 258 initial grant funding offers had been issued by the Scottish Government.

The information you have requested since this publication date is exempted under Regulation 10(4)(d) - Material in the course of completion. However, as Scotland’s Cladding Remediation programme update is now a quarterly publication, these totals, reported to the end of Q3 2025 (September) will be published on 28 October 2025.

This exemption is subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption. We recognise that there is some public interest in release as part of open, transparent and accountable government. However, this is outweighed by the public interest in ensuring that unfinished or incomplete information is not disclosed when it might misinform the public or give a misleading impression.

In answer to question 7, the average cost to undertake a Single Building Assessment is £50,000.

In response to question 8, due to the nature of Grant Funding we cannot direct the providers utilised for Single Building Assessments (SBA); however, SBA providers must be authorised by Scottish Ministers to undertake an SBA. In order to be authorised they must sign a declaration form confirming their competency in line with the SBA Specification (section 2.8) whereupon they are added to the list of SBA authorised providers.

The SBA specification can be found here: Cladding Remediation Programme: Single Building Assessment specification - gov.scot

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