Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) and management of school estates

Education Committee Open Non-inquiry session
Opened: 14 Oct 2025 Parliament page
This one off session follows up the RAAC crisis in schools in the summer of 2023 and the work that followed by DfE and schools to remediate faulty end-of-life concrete in school buildings. It will also look into school estate management more broadly to consider other problems within the built … Read more
8 Recommendations
8 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
1 Event
Activity timeline 4 events
17 Apr
2026
Report published
11 Feb
2026
Report published
28 Oct
2025
Oral evidence
28 Oct
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
28 Oct 2025
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Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) and the management of school estates
Bryony Green · Aldridge Education Dr Jonathan Dewsbury · Department for Education Josh Macalister OBE MP · Department for Education Mr Andy Walls · NAHT - The school leaders' union Mr Patrick Hayes · The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) Professor Chris Goodier · Loughborough University Rob Thomas · The Educational Building and Development Officers Group of local authorities
Title HC No. Published Items Response
7th Report - Foundations of Learning: replacing RAAC and securin… HC 1399 11 Feb 2026 16 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
7 Recommendation Rejected
7th Report - Foundations of Learni…
Commission a national digital register of asbestos in education estate with annual compliance reporting.
We further recommend the Government commission a national digital register of asbestos in the education estate and annual reporting on HSE compliance and asbestos removal achieved through capital programmes. (Recommendation, Paragraph 40) Wider concerns about the condition and maintenance of … Read more
Government Response
The government does not accept the recommendation as it would duplicate existing legal requirements and require significant resource with no clear indicator that asbestos exposure risks would be improved, and could undermine the active requirement on duty holders to manage asbestos.
Department for Education
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Government Response AI assessment · 16 of 8 classified
Accepted 5
Accepted in Part 4
Acknowledged 6
Rejected 1
Total 8 recs + 8 conclusions