Issue - meetings

Received a report proposing a corporate strategy for the management of asbestos in non-domestic properties, as well as capital funding to meet management requirements, in order to comply with the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002 (CAW).

Agreed, in order to assist the Council in achieving its Community Priority of “Making Barking and Dagenham, Cleaner, Greener and Safer”, and to comply with the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002 by the deadline of May 2004, to:

1. The corporate strategy for the management of asbestos in non-domestic dwellings as outlined in the report;

2. The allocation of resources to meet the management requirements of the CAW Regulations 2002, including Capital funding totalling £2,185,000, and the re-profiling of this funding to £1,400,000 in 2004 / 2005 and £785,000 in 2005 / 2006; and

3. A further report in June 2004 in relation to asbestos management in Council owned residential properties.