Date: 21st September 2016 Finance Directorate Your reference: London Borough of Our reference: 20712771 Camden Enquiries to:
[email protected] Judd Street London WC1H 9JE Tel 020 7974 2850
[email protected] Dear Ms Stephens Re: Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Supporting People Your request for information, received on 26th August 2016, has now been considered. You requested the following:- 1. The names of the schools in your borough that contain asbestos. 2. The date and outcome of the last independent audit or inspection of each of these schools Asbestos Management Plans. 3. The details of any reported incidents of asbestos exposure in these schools between 2011 and 2016. 4. The number of school employees (existing and retired staff to include teaching staff, school support staff and caretakers, etc) that have pursued a claim against you for exposure to asbestos within a Camden school. 5. The number of these claims that have been settled. 6. The amount of money that has been paid in settlement of these claims (with and without your authority accepting responsibility). Response 1. Management surveys are available at all schools where asbestos may be present, as required by the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. However, such surveys are not intrusive and hence may not provide a complete record of asbestos within all school buildings. Therefore, the approach taken is that all school buildings constructed prior to 2000 may contain asbestos material, even if this has not been identified within the management survey. The schools that