Question follow-through · 46707
Schools: Walsall and Bloxwich
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent assessment of the prevalence of asbestos in school buildings in Walsall and Bloxwich constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 22 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent assessment of the prevalence of asbestos in school buildings in Walsall and Bloxwich constituency.
25 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2025
Answer published
The department takes the safety of children and those who work with them incredibly seriously, which is why we expect all local authorities, governing bodies and academy trusts as responsible bodies to have robust plans in place to manage asbestos in scho...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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