Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Barran on 13 July (HL8942), how many incidents of bomb threats to schools or death threats to teachers there have been in the past 10 years; and how many of those threats were made by Islamist individuals or groups.

The department is unable to comment on individual cases as the police are responsible for investigating such incidents and will take action where they deem appropriate.

Where the department is made aware of incidents of this nature, the local authority and the police will be engaged where appropriate to seek assurances and offer support to schools.

The department’s school and college security guidance provides advice and support to the sector including how to deal with bomb threats. The guidance is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-and-college-security.