Reinforced aerated autoclave concrete in school building structures
Case reference FOI2022/01718
Published 19 December 2022
Request
The use of reinforced aerated autoclaved concrete (RAAC) in school building structures, and how much this is costing councils to repair/replace.
Please can you let me know how much money your authority has spent since September 2018 (so the last four years) on:
1) survey work to see whether RAAC exists in the structure of your maintained schools
2) How many how many schools you found to have RAAC in their structures overall and broken down into primaries/secondaries
3) how many of those schools required/ will require in the future remedial work on them to replace or repair the RAAC.
4) How much money the work undertaken to remediate/remove RAAC has cost/is predicated to cost in the future.
Response
1) Survey work to see whether RAAC exists in the structure of your maintained schools
£0.00 has been spent specifically for RAAC. However, condition surveys are currently being undertaken where a survey for RAAC will also be carried out.
2) How many how many schools you found to have RAAC in their structures overall and broken down into primaries/secondaries?
We are currently undertaking condition surveys of the maintained school estate. Any surveys for RAAC will be carried out at this time.
3) How many of those schools required/ will require in the future remedial work on them to replace or repair the RAAC?
This information is not currently held, please see the above responses.
4) How much money the work undertaken to remediate/remove RAAC has cost/is predicated to cost in the future.
This information is not currently held, please see the above responses.
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