Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school buildings constructed by (a) Caledonian Modular and (b) other contractors engaged under the Modern Methods of Construction framework have been investigated by her Department for possible safety defects; and if she will publish the findings of those investigations.

Caledonian Modular Limited (CML) was directly contracted to deliver five schools by the Department for Education. The Department did not contract CML to build any further education college buildings. Three schools were completed and two were partially constructed and are being rebuilt.

All five of these schools delivered by CML have been investigated. No other schools using Modern Methods of Construction have been similarly investigated, and there are currently no plans to publish the findings.

Appropriate steps are being taken to enforce the Department’s contractual rights in relation to all affected CML schools, including those schools which have closed due to possible safety defects and those which never reached completion. The Department is pursuing all avenues for redress against the parties responsible for those issues.