Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 8 February (HL Deb, col 2072), when the Department for Education's review of its health, safety and school security advice will be completed; whether in reviewing its guidance it will consult the Community Security Trust; whether it will advise schools to consult counter-terrorism security advisers; and if so, whether police forces are adequately resourced to provide such advice.

The department is currently reviewing the health, safety and school security advice it provides to schools, with the intention of publishing revised school security guidance later this year. As part of the review, departmental officials are consulting with a range of government departments, agencies and other stakeholders, including the Community Security Trust.

We anticipate that new guidance will signpost schools to the specialist advice on protective security that is already provided to them, through a range of mechanisms, including by specialist police Counter-Terrorism Security Advisors who operate in every police region. It will also reference advice from other sources, including the National Counter Terrorism Security Office.