Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps to establish how many performing venues have reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.

Individual building owners and managers are responsible for health and safety, including responding to safety alerts such as the one issued by the Standing Committee on Structural Safety on 1 May 2019 on the failure of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) planks.

As buildings are identified as having suspected or confirmed instances of RAAC, building owners and managers should follow the guidance to put appropriate mitigation in place.