Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Buildings

(asked on 17th July 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in the construction of buildings operated under its remit.


Answered by
Rachel Maclean Portrait
Rachel Maclean
This question was answered on 25th July 2023

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has a duty of care to ensure that its buildings are safe and without risks to the health of our staff, visitors and members of the public with access. The Department has made a preliminary assessment of buildings it occupies and concluded that very few, if any, are likely to have been constructed using reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete. The Government Property Agency manages the Department's estate on a day to day basis. The Department has commissioned the Agency to take action so that it can deem the buildings the Department occupies are safe and alert it to any risks.

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