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RAAC is a form of lightweight concrete used in construction in many buildings between the 1950s and 1990s. RAAC is highly aerated with different material properties to conventional concrete. The Welsh Government has been working with the UK Government and other devolved governments since 2018 to consider the potential management implications for buildings with RAAC. In summer 2023, the UK Department for Education reported incidents had emerged over the summer period which gave rise to concern over a potential higher safety risk.

On 8 September 2023 the Minister for Finance and Local Government and the Minister for Education and Welsh Language set out the actions being taken to assess the wider public estate, including social homes, for the presence of RAAC.

As part of the Welsh response to the increased risks highlighted by the UK Department for Education all social landlords were asked to assess their social housing stock for the presence of RAAC. This process has included establishing when RAAC surveys or inspections were last undertaken; the results of those surveys and information about the extent and type of properties where RAAC might be or has been found to be present. Where the existing information did not provide sufficient assurance, detailed surveys of properties built within the relevant RAAC timeframe have been commissioned. 

This extensive body of work is progressing well and has resulted in the identification of a small number of Trivallis\-run properties in the Hirwaun area where RAAC is present. Specialist surveys of two of these properties has identified remedial action needs to be carried out within six months and the potential for such work to be needed in a further 38 Trivallis properties with the same design. A further 20 Trivallis owned properties and 17 owner\-occupied homes have also been identified as having RAAC, of which four are of the same design and construction.

Trivallis, registered social landlord, has responded swiftly to alert residents to the situation and offer support and alternative accommodation to its tenants. My officials are in regular contact with Trivallis.

My thoughts are with all households in Hirwaun, which have been affected by RAAC. I want to thank social landlords for their ongoing work to identify properties built using RAAC.

More information about RAAC is available on our website.







Translation:


 
Mae Concrit Awyredig Awtoclafiedig Cyfnerth yn fath o goncrit ysgafn a ddefnyddiwyd wrth adeiladu llawer o adeiladau rhwng y 1950au a'r 1990au. Mae RAAC yn awyredig iawn, ac mae iddo wahanol briodweddau o ran deunydd o'i gymharu â choncrit confensiynol. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi bod yn gweithio gyda Llywodraeth y DU a llywodraethau datganoledig eraill ers 2018 i ystyried y goblygiadau posibl o ran rheoli adeiladau sy'n cynnwys RAAC. Yn haf 2023, dywedodd Adran Addysg y DU fod digwyddiadau wedi dod i'r amlwg dros gyfnod yr haf a arweiniodd at bryder ynghylch risg diogelwch uwch posibl.

Ar 8 Medi 2023, nododd y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol a’r Gweinidog Addysg a'r Gymraeg y camau sy'n cael eu cymryd i asesu'r ystâd gyhoeddus ehangach, gan gynnwys cartrefi cymdeithasol, am bresenoldeb RAAC.

Fel rhan o'r ymateb Cymreig i'r risgiau cynyddol a amlygwyd gan Adran Addysg y DU, gofynnwyd i bob landlord cymdeithasol asesu eu stoc tai cymdeithasol ar gyfer presenoldeb RAAC. Bydd yr wybodaeth hon yn cynnwys sefydlu pryd y cynhaliwyd arolygon neu arolygiadau RAAC ddiwethaf; canlyniadau'r arolygon a'r wybodaeth am hyd a lled a math yr eiddo lle gallai RAAC fod neu y canfuwyd ei fod yn bresennol. Lle nad oedd yr wybodaeth bresennol yn rhoi digon o sicrwydd, mae arolygon manwl o eiddo a adeiladwyd o fewn yr amserlen RAAC berthnasol wedi'u comisiynu. 

Mae'r corff helaeth hwn o waith yn mynd rhagddo'n dda ac mae wedi arwain at nodi nifer fechan o eiddo sy'n cael eu rhedeg gan Trivallis yn ardal Hirwaun lle mae RAAC yn bresennol. Mae arolygon arbenigol o ddau o'r eiddo hyn wedi nodi bod angen cymryd camau adfer o fewn chwe mis a'r potensial y bydd angen gwaith o'r fath mewn 38 eiddo arall gyda'r un dyluniad. Mae 20 o gartrefi ymhellach sy’n eiddio i Trivallis a 17 o gartrefi eraill sy'n eiddo i berchen\-feddianwyr hefyd wedi cael eu nodi fel rhai a RAAC, pedwar o'r un dyluniad a dull adeiladu.

Mae Trivallis, landlord cymdeithasol cofrestredig, wedi ymateb yn gyflym i rybuddio trigolion am y sefyllfa a chynnig cefnogaeth a llety amgen i'w denantiaid. Mae fy swyddogion mewn cysylltiad rheolaidd â Trivallis.

Rwyf yn cydymdeimlo a phob aelwyd yn Hirwaun, sydd wedi eu heffeithio gan RAAC. Hoffwn ddiolch i landlordiaid cymdeithasol am eu gwaith parhaus i nodi eiddo a adeiladwyd gan ddefnyddio RAAC.

Mae rhagor o wybodaeth ar gael ar ein gwefan.