Asbestos could be present in 350 schools in Suffolk
Hundreds of Suffolk schools could contain asbestos, new figures have revealed.
A Freedom of Information request to Suffolk County Council has shown there are 350 schools in the county which could be affected.
A spokeswoman for the council said a programme of annual condition surveys are carried out at all sites to monitor the condition of the asbestos, with people appointed to monitor any changes in condition on a day-to-day basis between surveys.
She said: “The Health and Safety Executive has examined our management system and indicated it is satisfied with our procedures.
“From our surveys we know that the only asbestos present in schools is in the form of solid materials such as asbestos cement where the asbestos fibres are firmly locked in the matrix of the material.
“This sort of Asbestos only represents a threat when it is disturbed. At any other time it does not represent any threat.”
Cllr Lisa Chambers, cabinet member for environment and property management, said the council’s asbestos management plan ‘ensures the right steps are taken’ to minimise the health risks to everyone concerned.
Email to a friend
Print this page- New mayor drives through Tesco’s doors
- Leading role given to ‘trailblazing’ schools
- Old friends form new group with man who toured in hit band
- World’s first professor of networking to speak at West Suffolk College business breakfast
- Future of HMV in Bury St Edmunds is secured after business is sold by administrators
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Bury St Edmunds
Friday 24 May 2013
Today
Light showers
Temperature: 4 C to 8 C
Wind Speed: 21 mph
Wind direction: South
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: 6 C to 14 C
Wind Speed: 18 mph
Wind direction: North
