§ Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2004,Official Report, column 1715W, on asbestos, what monitoring procedures are in place to ensure schools have identified and recorded the position of asbestos; and what information his Department collects centrally on the implementation of the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations. [175930]
§ Mr. MilibandResponsibility for monitoring asbestos under the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002 rests with the owners of school premises. In the case of community schools, community special schools, voluntary controlled schools, maintained nursery schools and pupil referral units, this is the local education authority. With voluntary aided and foundation schools, it is the governing body. Any monitoring procedures in place would be co-ordinated by the local education authority.
The Department does not collect information centrally on the implementation of these Regulations.