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Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Baroness Evans of Bowes Park (Conservative). It was answered on Tuesday, 20 June 2023.


School Buildings: Safety

Question

Following on from my noble friend’s answer, is she confident that there is enough capacity among surveyors to identify RAAC in schools before, as the noble Baroness said, issues become too serious? We have had similar problems in other parts of the public sector estate, hospitals for instance, where there have been safety issues because of RAAC. Perhaps she could provide us with reassurance on this issue.

Answer

I thank my noble friend for her question. I hope it reassures her to know that I have met twice already the leading structural engineering firms. We have looked at different ways that we can accelerate the pace of surveys and are very confident that we will have carried out at least 600 surveys by the autumn.


Secondary information

Type
Oral question
Reference
831 c103 
Session
2022-23
Oral question type
Supplementary
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Schools Safety Concrete
Link
View this Oral question on hansard.parliament.uk