Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to prevent school fires breaking out as a result of hot works.

The Department has produced guidance to assist schools in the safe management of maintenance activity that creates a significant risk of fire (hot works). These activities include plumbing activities using blow torches, and roof repair activities that use liquefied petroleum gas and bitumen burners.

This guidance can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/fire-risk-from-school-maintenance-or-building-works.