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Police Stations: Concrete

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Question for Home Office

UIN 21578, tabled on 15 April 2024

Question

Mr Alistair Carmichael
Liberal Democrat
Orkney and Shetland
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations have been tested for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.

Answer

Chris Philp
Conservative
Croydon South
Commons

Answered on

19 April 2024

The police are operationally independent and therefore it is the individual responsibility of each police force to manage their estate and ensure it is compliant with the relevant legislation. This includes duties to maintain a safe workplace, as set out in relevant health and safety legislation.

Last year the National Police Estates Group, working with Home Office officials, conducted a stocktake of all police forces in England and Wales regarding the presence of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) across their respective estates. This identified a small number of forces with instances of RAAC, most relating to single building locations. All have reported that remedial action has been taken to mitigate potential risk.

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