Schools: Concrete

(asked on 5th December 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many hours the caseworkers assigned to schools affected by RAAC have worked; and how many of those were (a) virtual and (b) on site.


Answered by
Damian Hinds Portrait
Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 13th December 2023

An updated list of schools and colleges with confirmed cases of RAAC was published on 6 December 2023, which is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reinforced-autoclaved-aerated-concrete-raac-management-information.

As of 27 November 2023, there are 231 education settings with confirmed RAAC in some of their buildings. Thanks to the hard work of school and college leaders, 228 settings (99%) are providing full time face-to-face education for all pupils. Three settings have hybrid arrangements in place. This may involve some remote learning on some days as not all pupils can currently receive full-time face-to-face education. There are no education settings with confirmed RAAC where all pupils are in full-time remote learning.

The department will allocate whatever resources are necessary to support schools and colleges to manage and remove RAAC from their buildings. Every school or college with confirmed RAAC is assigned dedicated support from our team of caseworkers who will support them as required. Project delivery teams are on site to support schools and colleges to implement mitigation plans. They will work with them to put in place a bespoke plan that supports face-to-face education for all pupils as soon as possible based on their circumstances. The department does not hold data on the number of hours worked by caseworkers virtually and on-site.

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