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Schools: Asbestos

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools that have discovered asbestos insulation in their building structures.

answeredHelen MorganDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
19 Jun 2025
Target answer date
23 Jun 2025
Answer
26 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools that have discovered asbestos insulation in their building structures.

  2. 23 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The government has increased investment to improve the condition of school buildings across England to £2.1 billion for the 2025/26 financial year. We have also given a long term commitment to increase annual capital maintenance investment per year throug...

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