HC Deb 12 June 1995 vol 261 cc384-5W
Mr. Dunn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the names, style and variety of precast concrete materials used in the construction of public sector housing; and which types were deemed to be faulty and as such qualified for financial compensation. [28154]

Mr. Robert B. Jones

Precast concrete has been used for a wide variety of purposes in public sector housing since the early 1900s; a definitive list is not available. The following types of properties have been designated in England by the Secretary of State under part XVI if the Housing Act 1985:

Type Main construction element Qualifying defect
Airey Precast reinforced concrete A
Boot Precast reinforced concrete A
Boswell In Situ concrete C
Cornish Unit Precast reinforced concrete A
Dorran Precast reinforced concrete A
Dyke Precast reinforced concrete A
Gregory Precast reinforced concrete A
Myton Precast reinforced concrete A
Newland Precast reinforced concrete A
Orlit Precast reinforced concrete A
Parkinson Precast reinforced concrete A
Reema Hollow Panel Precast reinforced concrete A

Type Main construction element Qualifying defect
Schindler/Hawksley SGS In Situ concrete A
Smith Precast concrete B
Stent Precast reinforced concrete A
Stonecrete Precast reinforced concrete A
Tarran Precast reinforced concrete A
Underdown Precast reinforced concrete A
Unity/Butterley Precast reinforced concrete A
Waller Precast reinforced concrete A
Wates Precast reinforced concrete A
Wessex Precast reinforced concrete A
Winget Precast reinforced concrete A
Woolaway Precast reinforced concrete A

Qualifying defect:

  1. A: Ineffective protection of the embedded steel in the reinforced concrete loadbearing parts of the buildings.
  2. B: In effective protection of the embedded steel handling reinforcement in the concrete panels forming part of the loadbearing walls.
  3. C:
    1. (a) Aggregate containing excessive quantities of unburnt coal in concrete forming the walls, floors or foundations of the dwelling; or
    2. (b) ineffective protection of the embedded steel in any precast reinforced concrete parts of the dwelling.