Question follow-through · 111678

Schools: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have evacuation chairs for pupils, staff and visitors with mobility impairments.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
11 Feb 2026
Answer
16 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have evacuation chairs for pupils, staff and visitors with mobility impairments.

  2. 11 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member for Strangford to the answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 100857.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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