Scotland’s Cladding Remediation Programme quarterly management information: June 2026 (Q2)

Expressions of interest for Scottish Government funded assessment

The Single Open Call, which invited expressions of interest to identify buildings and apply for Scottish Government funding for a Single Building Assessment (SBA), closed on 31 March 2026. The Cladding Remediation Programme carries out initial checks on expressions of interest, which indicate whether the buildings are likely to be eligible for funding or not. Buildings can be ineligible for Scottish Government funding for an SBA for various reasons, such as a developer being expected to be responsible for assessment and remediation, or the building not meeting the criteria for an SBA to be required (for example, because they are not 11m or more in height). As more information about the buildings becomes available, decisions made about whether they are eligible for funding to have an SBA carried out or not can change. This means the number of expressions of interest assessed as eligible and ineligible is likely to continue to change for a period of time after the Single Open Call closed.

As at 31 March 2026, 1,799 expressions of interest had been submitted via the Single Open Call. Of these, as at 30 June 2026, 956 (53%) had been identified as likely to be eligible for Scottish Government funding for an SBA and 843 (47%) had been identified as ineligible for funding.

Of the 956 expressions of interest that had been identified as likely to be eligible for Scottish Government funding for an SBA, just over half (492, 51%) related to buildings that were estimated to be 18m or over in height (to the floor of the topmost storey), 462 were estimated to be 11-18m in height and two were of unknown height.

Figure 1 shows that factors or property managers had submitted 856 expressions of interest but, as at 30 June 2026, initial checks had only identified 208 as likely to be eligible for SBA funding, as shown in Figure 2. A small number of factors or property managers accounted for the majority of the expressions of interest that were identified as likely to be ineligible, mainly on the basis of height.

Figure 1. Factors or property managers had submitted the most expressions of interest via the Single Open Call

The number of expressions of interest submitted to the Cladding Remediation Programme via the Single Open Call by the type of applicant

Figure 2. Over three quarters of expressions of interest identified as likely to be eligible for Scottish Government funding for SBAs had been submitted by owners of social housing

The number of expressions of interest identified as likely to be eligible for Scottish Government funding for an SBA by the type of applicant as at 30 June 2026