§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what advice is given to schools concerning children who suffer from asthma in regard to the levels of pollution surrounding schools.
§ Mr. ForthMedical paediatric advice is available to schools and to LEAs from the district health authority's community child health service. Individual children with asthma may be seen with their parents when advice may be given to the child and family, the teacher and the school with regard to the management in a particular case.
The child's general medical practitioner who has responsibility for his or her medical care, or the hospital paediatrician in more severe cases, may also give advice not only to the child and family but to the teacher and school.
The level of pollution in a particular area is a local matter and therefore the responsibility of the local director of public health and environmental health officer of the local authority. Those officers are available to offer or provide advice to the LEA or to individual schools through and with the community child health service.