Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he last met (a) the Secretary of State for Education and (b) Ministers of that Department to discuss fire sprinklers in schools and BB100.

Officials from my Department have discussed the guidance (BB100) with Department for Education officials. It has always been the case, and remains the case, that where a fire risk assessment (required for any new building or a major refurbishment) recommends sprinklers are installed to keep children safe, they must be fitted.