Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a breakdown of the number and proportion of students eligible for (a) free school meals and (b) Education, Health and Care plans at schools at which reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) is believed to be present; and if she will publish a breakdown of the (i) ethnicity and (ii) year-groups of students at those schools.

This information is available through existing published datasets.

Departments have been asked to report on the current picture of suspected and confirmed RAAC in their estates as soon as possible. The Government published lists of schools and colleges confirmed as having RAAC on Wednesday 6 September and committed to providing further updates. The published lists are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reinforced-autoclaved-aerated-concrete-raac-management-information.

School level information on Education, Health and Care plans in schools is published in the annual Special educational needs in England national statistic, available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england. School level information on free school meals, ethnicity and year group is published in the annual Schools, pupils and their characteristics national statistic, available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics.