Schools and hospitals ‘not over hurdle’ of unsafe concrete, says minister
Catherine McKinnell said officials have ‘identified all the Raac’.
By contributor Caitlin Doherty, Christopher McKeon and Eleanor Busby, PA
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Schools and the NHS are “not over that hurdle” of unsafe concrete, a minister has said.
Catherine McKinnell also said ministers cannot “fix everything overnight” when asked how much of the maintenance backlog could be eliminated or when schools would be free of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac).
The Government has announced that around £1.2 billion – part of funding packages announced in last year’s autumn budget – will be spent on repairing crumbling schools and hospitals across the country.
Asked about Raac, school standards minister Ms McKinnell told LBC: “We’re not over that hurdle yet, and we’re not over it in the NHS either.”
