Schools: Catering Facilities and RAAC Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Schools: Catering Facilities and RAAC

Baroness Wilcox of Newport Excerpts
Monday 23rd October 2023

(1 year, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Wilcox of Newport Portrait Baroness Wilcox of Newport (Lab)
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I appreciate that the Minister may need to give a written response to this, but how many children are currently being schooled online in temporary or non-classroom settings because of RAAC? Notwithstanding the Minister’s earlier response, how long do the Government estimate it will take to completely investigate all schools?

Baroness Barran Portrait Baroness Barran (Con)
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It is not so much that I cannot give an answer now or in writing, but rather that the arrangements schools have put in place change frequently, as the noble Baroness will recognise. For example, a school might be delivering classes in a leisure centre this week but will be back in its buildings next week. Our overarching efforts are to get children back to normal education as quickly as possible.