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The Home Builders Federation has said only a 鈥渞elatively small鈥� number of buildings needed remediating through Gove鈥檚 controversial 拢4bn cladding fund were built by housebuilders.

The trade body, in a submission to a cross-party committee of MPs, said fresh data from its members suggests few of the mid-rise buildings needing work were built by housebuilders, with many of them instead built by overseas developers, investment vehicles, landowner interests or public bodies.

It said it is concerned by the government鈥檚 鈥渢argeting鈥� of UK-based housebuilders, when other parts of the industry have made 鈥渘o discernible contribution鈥�.

Housing secretary Michael Gove last week announced new legislation to force housebuilders to pay for the remediation of mid-rise blocks. The government has not confirmed which builders will be required to pay but suggested in January it could apply to those with annual profit of 拢10m or more.

In a submission to the Levelling Up Housing & Communities committee as part of the latter鈥檚 building safety inquiry, the HBF said: 鈥淲e are still unclear about how the government鈥檚 estimate of 拢4bn has been reached.

鈥淏ased on the information our members have provided, we expect the proportion of the total sum that relates to buildings built by mainstream home builders to be relatively small.

鈥淚ndeed, we expect government will have had it confirmed in its data capture that relatively few home builders have ever built many, or any, buildings of 11-18 metres. We urge the government to work with us in the coming weeks to develop a detailed cost estimate of the buildings requiring remediation.鈥�

The HBF is not revealing what proportion of the homes it thinks may have been built by its members as DLUHC continues to analyse data from 40 housebuilders.

The HBF said: 鈥淲ith a majority of affected buildings having been constructed by other parties, it is difficult not to draw the conclusion that UK home builders are being targeted because, as UK headquartered businesses, it is a simpler proposition than pursuing overseas developers, influential property sector interests and foreign product manufacturers.

鈥淲hile just a small proportion of affected buildings have been built by HBF members, established home builders have worked hard to identify and put right issues with buildings relevant to them鈥�

The HBF said housebuilders have already made commitments to remediate buildings and is contributing to a and 拢3bn in 鈥渉ome-builder specific taxes鈥�.

Gove is set to appear in front of the Levelling Up Housing & Communities committee this afternoon to take questions on the government鈥� s building safety plans, particularly the 拢4bn levy.