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DfE lacks proactive funding commitments or eradication targets for RAAC in schools.

Conclusion
DHSC is providing £685 million of funding, to the end of 2025, to mitigate RAAC in hospitals. It has also committed to eradicating RAAC across the NHS estate by 2035.21 DfE has not proactively set out funding commitments or eradication targets, and instead explained that its priorities are to identify RAAC, move children out from under it, and then mitigate it.22 Schools’ uncertainty about the temporary support available to deal with RAAC
Government Response

A response document is linked to this report, dated 8 March 2024. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document.

Addressee Bodies
HM Treasury
Timeline
Recommendation age 2.8 yrs
Report published 19 Nov 2023