Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when officials in his Department learned that the Queen Victoria boarding school had buildings constructed with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.

Ministers in the Department were informed that Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) had been found in the play-hall at Queen Victoria School on Monday 4 September 2023.

Officials from the Defence Infrastructure Organisation had confirmation that RAAC had been found at Queen Victoria School following a survey carried out by the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) specialist contractor, AECOM and the issuing of their report to the MOD on the 20 April 2023.