Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of schools that responded to the Education Funding Agency's 2016 asbestos data collection have a process in place to ensure that people who disturb asbestos in a school, including building contractors and those performing activities such as IT installations, receive information on the potential presence of asbestos.

The Department is intending to publish the findings from the Education Funding Agency (EFA) data collection, on asbestos management in schools.

Last year, we published a comprehensive review of asbestos in schools and we are implementing its findings, working with the Health and Safety Executive and others.