HC Deb 17 July 1997 vol 298 c310W
Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans he has to re-introduce the School Premises Regulations; and when the Regulations will be introduced to cover three to five-year-olds within the new proposals for early years education. [8649]

Mr. Byers

There are already school premises regulations in place: currently these are the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1996, which replaced the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1981 last September.

The Regulations set minimum standards for school premises and facilities, and apply to all state sector schools, including those with pupils aged from three to five years.