FOI – 2023-000243 - RAAC Survey (HTML)

Date received – 11 July 2023 | Date responded – 25 July 2023

Request

In accordance with Freedom of Information legislation, I would be grateful if you could comply with the following request:

1. Please tell me what stage the Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) Survey Programme which began in February 2023 is at and how long is left before completion.
2. If the Survey Programme is completed, please provide me with the outcome of the survey and any follow up action points for health boards.
3. Where costs or remedial actions have been identified in the removal of RAAC planks as part of the RAAC Discovery Survey, please confirm the amount of any costs and what remedial actions are required.

If my request is too wide in scope or should you require any further clarity then please do let me know.

Response

In accordance with Freedom of Information legislation, I would be grateful if you could comply with the following request.

1. Please tell me what stage the Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) Survey

Programme which began in February 2023 is at and how long is left before completion NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) has completed the desktop review stage. This involved gathering information on the various properties to be reviewed. We will now begin the on-site discovery survey stage, which we expect will take 6 to 8 months to complete.

2. If the Survey Programme is completed, please provide me with the outcome of the survey and any follow up action points for health boards.

Under section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act, 2002 (FOISA) an organisation does not have to provide that information if it does not hold that information. NSS cannot provide the outcome of the survey or any follow up actions as per above, the on-site discovery survey stage is yet to be completed.

3. Where costs or remedial actions have been identified in the removal of RAAC planks as part of the RAAC Discovery Survey, please confirm the amount of any costs and what remedial actions are required.

Under section 17 of FOISA an organisation does not have to provide that information if it does not hold that information. NSS cannot provide any remedial actions or any costs of this, as per the above, the on-site discovery survey stage is yet to be completed.

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