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<p><del class="ministerial">During the autumn term, the department provided CO₂ monitors
to all state-funded education providers. This includes early years, schools, and further
education providers, backed by £25 million in government funding. Further information
on this can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/all-schools-to-receive-carbon-dioxide-monitors"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/all-schools-to-receive-carbon-dioxide-monitors</a>.</del></p><p><del
class="ministerial">The department has now delivered on our public commitment with
over 353,000 monitors delivered. The programme provided schools and other settings
with sufficient monitors to take representative readings from across their estate.
Feedback suggests that schools are finding the monitors helpful to manage ventilation
and, in most education providers, existing ventilation measures are sufficient.</del></p><p><del
class="ministerial">CO₂ monitors are an additional measure which the department have
rolled out to education providers to be used as a guide for where ventilation can
be improved. This is not intended to create an additional burden on staff but is an
extra tool to support education providers to improve ventilation. It is up to school
leaders to decide how to best use them in their specific setting.</del></p><p><del
class="ministerial">On 2 January 2022, the department announced that 7000 air cleaning
units are now being made available for mainstream state-funded providers, in addition
to the 1000 units made available for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
and alternative provision (AP) settings that we announced in November. Settings can
apply for funded units via an online form. Applications are open until 9am on 17 January.</del></p><p><del
class="ministerial">Before applying for a funded air cleaning unit, the following
criteria must be met by mainstream education providers, as set out in the ‘How to
apply for a Department for Education-funded air cleaning unit' guidance, which is
available on the ventilation document sharing platform:</del></p><ul><li><del class="ministerial">Sustained
high CO₂ readings: there have been sustained high CO₂ readings (1500ppm or higher)
for at least 1 week while the room is occupied, despite taking all measures possible
to introduce ventilation.</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">Lengthy remedial
works required in order to address poor ventilation, that cannot be completed before
the end of February 2022.</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">Suitable space: air
cleaning units will be allocated for teaching spaces only.</del></li></ul><p><del
class="ministerial">There are different criteria for SEND and AP settings due the
higher-than-average number of vulnerable pupils attending those settings. For these
education providers, air cleaning units will also be allocated to poorly ventilated
staff rooms. The department will prioritise spaces with the poorest ventilation to
receive units based on criteria such as CO₂ readings and occupation density.</del></p><p><del
class="ministerial">The department has also launched an online marketplace which provides
settings with a route to purchasing air cleaning units at a suitable specification
and competitive price. Further information is available here: <a href="https://s107t01-webapp-v2-01.azurewebsites.net/list/air-cleaning"
target="_blank">https://s107t01-webapp-v2-01.azurewebsites.net/list/air-cleaning</a>.
In the future, the department may review this list and as more products which meet
our specification become available, these will be added. All purchases through the
marketplace are managed by the supplier, rather than by the department.</del></p><p><ins
class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">On 2 January we announced that 7,000
air cleaning units were being made available for mainstream state-funded settings,
in addition to the 1,000 units made available for special and alternative provision
settings that we announced in November. The government is now committing to fulfil
all eligible applications from 1,265 state funded education providers for just over
8,000 air cleaning units.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Please note that applications
are now closed. Units were allocated to settings based on need. Before applying for
a funded air cleaning unit, the following criteria had to be met by mainstream providers, as
set out in the ‘How to apply for a DfE-funded air cleaning unit’ guidance:</ins></p><ul><li><ins
class="ministerial">There have been sustained high CO₂ readings (1500ppm or higher)
for at least 1 week while the room is occupied, despite taking all measures possible
to introduce ventilation.</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">Lengthy remedial
works are required in order to address poor ventilation, that cannot be completed
before the end of February 2022. </ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">Air cleaning
units will be allocated for teaching spaces only.</ins></li></ul><p><ins class="ministerial">There
were different criteria for special and alternative provision settings due the higher-than-average
number of vulnerable pupils attending those settings. For these providers, air cleaning
units were also allocated to poorly ventilated staff rooms. The number of units applied
for was just over 8,000, which demonstrates that, in the majority of classrooms and
teaching spaces, solutions can already be found to keep ventilation at adequate levels.</ins></p><p><ins
class="ministerial">The department has also launched an online marketplace which provides
settings with a route to purchasing air cleaning units at a suitable specification
and competitive price. Further information is available here: <a href="https://s107t01-webapp-v2-01.azurewebsites.net/list/air-cleaning"
target="_blank">https://s107t01-webapp-v2-01.azurewebsites.net/list/air-cleaning</a>.
In future, we may review this list and as more products which meet our specification
become available, these will be added. All purchases through the marketplace are managed
by the supplier, rather than by the department.</ins></p></ins></p>
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