HC Deb 04 July 2001 vol 371 cc174-5W
Mr. Laws

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate she has made of the backlog of school buildings repair and maintenance work in Somerset; and if she will make a statement. [1387]

Mr. Timms

Information on the backlog should be currently available from the local education authority.

Authorities' data on the repair and maintenance backlog, supplied as part of DfES' arrangements for appraising asset management plans, are being validated with a view to publishing analyses for benchmarking purposes later this year.