Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has oversight of work on school buildings that is subcontracted by its contractors.

Departmental project managers oversee work on school building projects that are procured centrally by the Department. These projects are managed and monitored on a day to day basis by appointed Technical Advisors, who oversee project delivery including the performance of subcontractors. On site, the Technical Advisor’s Clerk of Works performs site based assurance over construction works, with oversight of work that is undertaken by sub-contractors.