Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's Press Release of 24 January 2022 entitled More support for schools and students as plan B comes to an end, whether he has plans to reimburse schools for the cost of air cleaning units where the school has already funded such units but he now assesses the relevant teaching space to require one.
State-funded education providers that purchased air cleaning units through the online marketplace prior to the announcement on 2 January that the department would make additional funded units available will be eligible for a reimbursement if they meet the eligibility criteria set out in our guidance here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12cU_I5q0v1_my97yPMpb87RsSL5d5lpj. Eligible providers have already been contacted directly.