More than 1,000 claims have been made over the past six months to Scotland’s Cladding Remediation Programme (CRP), it has emerged.
The scheme was launched to protect homeowners and residents by addressing the risks to life and other impacts associated with unsafe external wall cladding systems, following the Grenfell Tower tragedy in 2017.
It ensures buildings are assessed and any works identified to address any relevant risks to life are taken forward.
In March, Scottish Government ministers launched a Single Open Call for residential property owners or their representatives to notify the CRP if they had concerns about cladding in their properties.
They were also given the opportunity, subject to the height and age of their property, to apply for government funding for a statutory Single Building Assessment (SBA) to be carried out.
As of 30 September 2025, the CRP had received 1,062 expressions of interest via the Single Open Call.
However, the number also included more than a third of claims that were not eligible for funding, such as from developers that are responsible for assessments and remediation and for buildings under 11 metres.
Half of the claims were submitted by property managers (535) and almost half by social landlords (313 from local authorities and 205 from registered social landlords).
The CRP has not issued initial grant or funding offers in relation to 478 claims.
Up to £50,000 is offered for each application to pay for the cost of an SBA. So far the CRP has offered up to £24m.
Since the CRP was launched in 2021, its total expenditure to 30 September 2025 has been £14.2m.
To date 16 SBAs have been completed, including the high-priority SBAs that the Scottish Government commissioned for buildings that were identified as part of its pilot programme in 2021.
The CRP was initially launched as a pilot to focus on the design and testing of the SBA process.
Lessons learnt from the pilot identified a number of potential challenges, such as delays and obstacles to assessing and remediating buildings due to difficulties in obtaining consent from owners and residents.
As a result, it took steps to address the difficulties by introducing the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Act which came into force on 6 January 2025.
The legislation allows ministers to identify and address dangerous cladding on residential buildings, establish a register for assessments and remediation, and create a Responsible Developers Scheme to fund and carry out the works.
It also allows for the assessment, remediation and potential evacuation of affected buildings.
Research by the Scottish Government, published in June, revealed that remediating all the affected buildings could cost up to £3bn.
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Nicola Harley