Nearly 60 blocks of flats in Glasgow have similar combustible cladding to that found on Grenfell Tower, the city's council has confirmed.

A total of 57 blocks of flats have been identified by Glasgow city officials of having aluminium composite material (ACM cladding) fitted to the buildings, some with a "substantial" amount.

The figure was released after the council's assistant head of planning and building standards, Raymond Barlow, told MSPs at a Holyrood committee the cladding had been discovered but the council had not informed the owners, residents or indeed the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.

Mr Barlow told committee members that the council had notified the Scottish Government's ministerial working group about the discovery and would wait to see what action they suggest is taken.

Investigations into building materials began after the Grenfell Tower fire in London which killed up to 80 people in June.

A spokesman for council said: "We identified 57 privately owned buildings which had some element of ACM in their construction, a much smaller number of which have it as a substantial part of their make-up.

"However, there is no suggestion that these buildings are a particular fire risk, all of them have fire systems in place and all of these buildings comply with the building regulations which were in force at the time they were constructed.

"It is important that people have all the information they need but it is also important that people do not panic.

"This is why we were content to have the ministerial working group consider what to do with this information. If we had had any fear that people in these properties were at any risk, we would have used our building control powers to shut the buildings and compel the owners to carry out remedial work."

Speaking after the evidence session at Holyrood, committee convener Bob Doris said: "It was deeply concerning to hear a Glasgow City Council official say that combustible cladding has been found in private high rise homes.

"People who are currently living in private high rises and who listened to this today will of course be worried about their safety in their homes.

"We don't want this to cause undue alarm, as these buildings may well be safe, but people who live in these homes deserve answers."