§ Mr. Nigel JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent steps she has taken to improve security in(a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools, (c) colleges and (d) universities; and if she will make a statement. [40277]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisFrom 1997–98 to date, we have supported spending totalling £110 million through local education authorities to provide security improvements at maintained primary and secondary schools in England. In 1997 the Department issued joint guidance with the Home Office on "School Security-Dealing with Troublemakers", and in March 2001 the Department produced a video "Can You See What They See?" and set up a website "www.dfes.gov.uk/schoolsecurity/". Further education colleges and universities, as autonomous bodies, are responsible for their own security arrangements within the resources available to them.