Defence: Buildings

(asked on 5th September 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many buildings on the Defence Estate containing either (a) service family accommodation and (b) single living accommodation units, were constructed using reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC).


Answered by
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 3rd October 2023

For now, the focus is on bringing together the information we hold about the Government estate into one place. This work is being coordinated by the Office for Government Property.

Surveys are currently being conducted to identify buildings which may have been constructed with RAAC on Ministry of Defence (MOD) land.

We take safety extremely seriously and, based on our current information, RAAC has not traditionally been used by the MOD in the construction of domestic structure, and it is therefore highly unlikely that any Service Family Accommodation is affected. The majority of Single Living Accommodation was not constructed during the review period.

Reticulating Splines