Question reference: S6W-20959
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 4 September 2023
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Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 19 September 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many public buildings in Scotland have been built with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
Answer
We have previously noted that it is for organisations responsible for buildings to make information on this issue available for affected buildings.
Survey work is underway across public buildings and is at various stages of discovery in different sectors.
Where the presence of RAAC is confirmed in a public building, we expect the owner to take appropriate measures to assess and manage any risk identified, following the Institution for Structural Engineer’s current guidance on this process.
We remain in regular contact with organisations across the public sector on this matter, directly and through our cross-sector working group.