Question follow-through · 49028
Schools: Asbestos
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the proportion of schools that have asbestos present; and what steps she is taking to reduce levels of asbestos in schools.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 29 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 May 2025
- Answer
- 9 May 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the proportion of schools that have asbestos present; and what steps she is taking to reduce levels of asbestos in schools.
1 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 May 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 sch...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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