HC Deb 04 March 1994 vol 238 cc895-6W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education which grant-maintained schools do not have premises insurance; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Robin Squire

There are four grant-maintained schools which do not have full premises insurance cover, out of a total of 814 currently operating. These are Edenham high school, Croydon; the Radcliffe school, Wolverton, Milton Keynes; Wood End middle school, Middlesex and Wrenn school, Wellingborough.

The position on each school is:

  • Edenham high school: has full premises cover apart from cover for subsidence; the school has been awarded a capital grant allocation for funding in 1994–95 to remedy the problem.
  • Radcliffe: the school has insurance cover apart from premises insurance; it has recently been surveyed and negotiations are continuing.
  • Wood End middle school: has cover for contents and employers liability; capital grant has been allocated to rebuild the school.
  • Wrenn school: has all the required insurance cover apart from subsidence cover which relates to past problems with its caretaker's house.