§ Mr. TruswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment he has made of the health implications of schools' dependence on outside toilets; and what priority he attaches to their removal. [29405]
§ Mr. ByersThe Education (School Premises) Regulations 1996 impose a duty upon local education authorities and the governing bodies of grant-maintained
732Wschools to ensure that the health, safety and welfare of the occupants is reasonably assured in every part of a school building. They must undertake those assessments which they deem necessary in order to fulfil this duty.
The New Deal for Schools should lead to an additional £2 billion being spent on repairing, renewing and improving school buildings, including toilets, during this Parliament.