Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Departments guidance on Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete: estates published on 14 December 2022, if she will publish a list of all the school buildings which have (a) roofs and (b) other elements of the building made wholly or in part from Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete, by (i) the parliamentary constituency and (ii) local authority; and if she will make an estimate amount of capital funding provided to those schools in each of the last five years.

The Department has sent a questionnaire on reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) to all responsible bodies, asking them to provide information on RAAC in their estates. Responses from the questionnaire will allow the Department to better understand the prevalence of RAAC across the education estate and ensure the correct support is in place to meet the responsible bodies’ needs.

As the questionnaire remains open for responses, the Department is not able to provide a list of schools that contain RAAC elements at present. The Department will consider releasing outcomes from the questionnaire in the future.

The Department has allocated over £13 billion since 2015 for keeping schools safe and operational, including £1.8 billion committed this financial year.