❓ A WA parliamentary question regarding asbestos risk ratings in schools, remediation costs, and the Department of Education's plans to address high-risk schools. The Minister provided a list of schools but did not have cost information available.
AnsweredQoN 340Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
SCHOOLS — ASBESTOS
340. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the Minister for Education and
Training:
I refer to a PerthNow article
entitled ''High risk asbestos in WA schools'' published online on
27 January 2019.
(1) Please identify the schools with a risk rating
between 1 and 4, identifying the individual rating of each school.
(2) Please
identify the individual cost to alleviate the asbestos risk in each of the
schools identified in (1).
(3) What plans
does the Department of Education have, and relevant time frames, to address the
highest risk schools exposing their staff and students to asbestos-related
harm?
340. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the Minister for Education and
Training:
I refer to a PerthNow article
entitled ''High risk asbestos in WA schools'' published online on
27 January 2019.
(1) Please identify the schools with a risk rating
between 1 and 4, identifying the individual rating of each school.
(2) Please
identify the individual cost to alleviate the asbestos risk in each of the
schools identified in (1).
(3) What plans
does the Department of Education have, and relevant time frames, to address the
highest risk schools exposing their staff and students to asbestos-related
harm?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of this question.
(1) I table the attached
information.
[See paper 2581.]
(2) This
information is not available. Costs for remediation are not included as part of
the risk assessments.
(3) The
Department of Education's policy is to remove or remediate all elements
of asbestos-containing materials with a risk rating of 1 or 2. Elements with a risk
rating of 3 or below are managed in accordance with the department's asbestos management plan. All
asbestos-containing material is inspected at intervals as recommended by
the assessors, but not exceeding three years. All public schools have a site-specific
asbestos-containing materials register that forms an integral part of the
Department of Education's asbestos management plan.
some notice of this question.
(1) I table the attached
information.
[See paper 2581.]
(2) This
information is not available. Costs for remediation are not included as part of
the risk assessments.
(3) The
Department of Education's policy is to remove or remediate all elements
of asbestos-containing materials with a risk rating of 1 or 2. Elements with a risk
rating of 3 or below are managed in accordance with the department's asbestos management plan. All
asbestos-containing material is inspected at intervals as recommended by
the assessors, but not exceeding three years. All public schools have a site-specific
asbestos-containing materials register that forms an integral part of the
Department of Education's asbestos management plan.
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