Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will place a list of all NHS hospitals in England that require reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete mitigation in the House of Commons Library.

The Department has published a full list of hospitals with confirmed reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC), which is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reinforced-autoclaved-aerated-concrete-raac-in-hospitals-management-information

NHS England has issued guidance for trusts nationally on how to establish the presence of RAAC in their estate. There is ongoing engagement with trusts on a national and regional level to ensure RAAC is identified across the NHS estate. Where possible RAAC is identified at additional sites, visual inspections and structural surveys take place to verify its presence and risk category. Once the presence of RAAC is confirmed, trusts join the national RAAC programme, which supports mitigation, remediation, and wider planning to maintain safety.

Each site will be different, and just because RAAC is present, it does not necessarily mean there is a high risk.