Saturday 21 December 2024
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8322
Date Request Received: 29/11/2024 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 10/12/2024 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Asbestos Management
Request Category: Health
| Question Number 1: How many buildings / blocks are you responsible for owning / managing from a maintenance perspective? (Include any under PFI contracts) | |
| Answer To Question 1: 102 | |
| Question Number 2: How many of these buildings / blocks contain asbestos? | |
| Answer To Question 2: 87 | |
| Question Number 3: How many Asbestos Containing Materials (ACMs) do you have? If you are uncertain, please provide an estimate. | |
| Answer To Question 3: 192 | |
| Question Number 4: What format of asbestos register do you have? (e.g. paper based, Excel, internal database, externally digital, asbestos consultant system, survey reports etc.) | |
| Answer To Question 4: Excel | |
| Question Number 5: Does your Trust have a dedicated person(s) to manage asbestos? If so how many roles. | |
| Answer To Question 5: No Dedicated person but two people supported by an external consultant have asbestos management as part of their remit. | |
| Question Number 6: What is the job title of the person (or persons) who are responsible for managing asbestos day to day (not the Dutyholder)? | |
| Answer To Question 6: Senior Operations Manager | |
| Question Number 7: Does this person / role solely cover asbestos or do they have other responsibilities? | |
| Answer To Question 7: They have other responsibilities also | |
| Question Number 8: What asbestos / health & safety qualifications do those persons involved in the management of asbestos hold? (e.g. Asbestos Awareness, NEBOSH, CoCA, P401, P402, P403, P404, P405, P406, P407, S301, W504 etc.) | |
| Answer To Question 8: P405 | |
| Question Number 9: Does your Trust have external support for asbestos management? (Not including undertaking removal/ abatement, surveys, sampling, air monitoring, training etc.) | |
| Answer To Question 9: Yes | |
| Question Number 10: Does your Trust employ an Independent Assessor / Authorised Person / Authorising Engineer for asbestos? | |
| Answer To Question 10: Yes | |
| Question Number 11: Does your Trust undertake external audits of asbestos management? | |
| Answer To Question 11: Yes | |
| Question Number 12: Do you undertake any of the following asbestos activities in-house – sampling, re-inspections, removal / abatement, training? | |
| Answer To Question 12: No | |
| Question Number 13: Do you employ asbestos consultants? | |
| Answer To Question 13: Yes | |
| Question Number 14: Do you require asbestos consultants to be UKAS accredited? | |
| Answer To Question 14: Yes | |
| Question Number 15: If using consultants, what services do you get them to undertake? (e.g. management / refurbishment / demolition surveys, air monitoring & 4SC, specification writing, training etc.) | |
| Answer To Question 15: management / refurbishment / demolition surveys, air monitoring, specification writing, training, auditing. | |
| Question Number 16: If using consultants, how do you procure their services? (e.g. per job, approved list, national framework, internal framework, annual contract etc.) | |
| Answer To Question 16: per job or national framework | |
| Question Number 17: Within the last 3 years have you had issues with the standard or work undertaken by asbestos consultants? | |
| Answer To Question 17: No | |
| Question Number 18: Do you employ Licensed Asbestos Removal Contractors (LARCs)? | |
| Answer To Question 18: Yes when required | |
| Question Number 19: Do you employ Non-Licensed Asbestos Contractors? | |
| Answer To Question 19: No | |
| Question Number 20: If using contractors, how do you procure their services? (e.g. per job, approved list, national framework, internal framework, annual contract etc.) | |
| Answer To Question 20: Per job or national framework | |
| Question Number 21: Within the last 3 years have you had issues with the standard or work undertaken by asbestos removal contractors | |
| Answer To Question 21: Yes | |
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