Question reference: S6W-20960
- 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 what action it is taking to ensure that public buildings that have been built with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete are safe to be used.
Answer
I would refer initially to the statement I made on this topic to Parliament on 7 September.
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 to seek reassurance on this matter, directly and through our cross-sector working group.
Information on RAAC and the work of our cross-sector working group, as an activity of the Ministerial Working Group on Building and Fire Safety, will be published on our website.