Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many assessments of buildings on the NHS estate for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) have occurred in each of the last five years.

The National Health Service has been surveying sites and undertaking reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) mitigation work since 2019 and has had an active national remediation programme since 2021 to mitigate and monitor the risks posed by RAAC in the NHS estate.

NHS England has provided 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. Trusts are conducting surveys and assessments, including ongoing monitoring based on the guidance issued and so no central data of the number of assessments is held.