Date: 21st September 2016 Finance Directorate Your reference: 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 were constructed (all or in part) pre 2000 and hence, may contain asbestos, are:

 Argyle Primary School;  Beckford Primary School;  Brecknock Primary School;  Brookfield Primary School;  Carlton Primary School;  Christ Church NW1 CofE School;  Christ Church NW3 CofE School;  Christopher Hatton Primary School;  Edith Neville Primary School;  Eleanor Palmer Primary School;  Emmanuel CofE School; Director Martin Pratt Jo Olsson

 Fitzjohn’s Primary School;  Fleet Primary School;  Gospel Oak Primary School;  Hampstead Parochial CofE School;  Hawley Infant School;  Holy Trinity & St Silas CofE School;  Holy Trinity CofE, NW3 School;  CofE School;  Kingsgate Primary School;  Netley Primary School;  New End Primary School;  Our Lady’s RC School;  Primrose Hill Primary School;  Rhyl Primary School;  Richard Cobden Primary School;  Rosary RC School;  St Alban’s CofE School;  St Aloysius RC Infant School;  St Aloysius RC Junior School;  St Dominic’s RC School;  St Eugene de Mazenod RC School;  St George the Martyr RC School;  St Joseph’s RC School;  St Mary’s Kilburn CofE School;  St Michael’s CofE School;  St Patrick’s RC School;  St Paul’s CofE School;  ;  Acland Burghley Secondary School;  ;  Hampstead Secondary School;  La Sainte Union Catholic Secondary School;  Maria Fidelis RC Convent Upper School;  Maria Fidelis RC Convent Lower School;  Parliament Hill Secondary School;  ;  William Ellis Secondary School;  CCfL KS3 Chalcot School;  CCfL KS4 Agincourt House;

2. An independent review of Asbestos Management Plans in all relevant schools took place last year, with new plans compiled and issued. The plans are reviewed on an annual basis. A programme of new management surveys and production of subsequent plans is underway and due to complete in early 2017.

3. There have been a total of 7 recorded incidents during 2011-2016. The details of the incidents are:

a) Identification of asbestos material during removal of partition. It is believed that the asbestos was not disturbed b) Damage to asbestos insulating boards during installation of fire alarm system

2 c) Asbestos tiles identified. Asbestos was not disturbed d) Disturbance of asbestos material during the removal of lagging to heating pipework e) Crack identified to asbestos roof tile f) Asbestos debris within housing of roller shutter. Debris was removed under controlled conditions and area left safe g) Damage to buried asbestos during ground works. Material was removed under controlled conditions and area left safe.

4. There have been no claims made by school employees (existing and retired) in relation to asbestos.

5. Not applicable. 6. Not applicable.

If you are unhappy with any aspect of the way in that your request has been processed then you have the right to request a review of our response. If you wish to request a review, please set out in writing your grounds of appeal (within 2 months of this correspondence) and send it to: Information & Records Management Team, Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, London, WC1H 9LP and your complaint will be administered through our Internal Review procedure. You can also email your appeal to [email protected]

If you are still not satisfied following the Internal Review, you have a right to appeal to the Information Commissioner’s Office. They can be contacted at: Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF Telephone: 01625 545 700 www.ico.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Tanya Bryant Information & Records Management Officer E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 020 7974 2850

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