Question follow-through · 17788
Schools: Air Conditioning
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools to install air conditioning systems.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 10 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools to install air conditioning systems.
14 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jul 2026
Answer published
The department takes periods of hot weather and heatwaves seriously and has published a climate risk assessment which is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/impact-of-uk-climate-change-risk-on-the-delivery-of-education/summary-of-fi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Schools: Air Conditioning
8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer to WQ17788 on 16 July 2026, what portion of the £710 million renewal and retrofit programme is expected to be spent on air conditioning systems for schools.
Schools: Air Conditioning
8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Department's Answer to WQ17788 on 16 July 2026, what portion of the £710 million renewal and retrofit programme has been spent on air conditioning systems for schools to date.