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date	21/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Electrical Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that early years settings and schools are aware that socket covers should not be inserted in BS 1363 sockets.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	49797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>All schools and early years settings in England have a duty to keep children safe. As part of that duty we expect them to keep their health and safety policies under review and up-to-date.</p><p> </p><p>Working with ‘Action for Children’ we have brought the Department of Health’s recent alert on the dangers associated with the use of electrical socket covers to the attention of early years providers in England. ‘Action for Children’ has published a notice, via the Foundation Years website, about the use of electrical socket covers in early years provision in England. This is available at: <a href="http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/2016/10/dfe-note-on-the-use-of-electrical-plug-socket-coversinserts-in-early-years-provision-in-england/" target="_blank">www.foundationyears.org.uk/2016/10/dfe-note-on-the-use-of-electrical-plug-socket-coversinserts-in-early-years-provision-in-england</a>. ‘Action for Children’ has also published the information in a newsletter to early years providers.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently reviewing our health and safety advice for schools, and will consider whether to include a similar reference in a future addition of this advice as part of this work.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/10/2016 17:01:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

601045

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Fire Extinguishers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department sought legal advice in advance of redrafting the Building Bulletin 100 guidance relating to sprinkler systems in school buildings; and what assessment her Department made of that advice.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	48532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>We are currently consulting on updating the Fire Safety Design for Schools – Building Bulletin 100 (BB100) guidance as it is nearly 10 years old. However, there is no change to the policy regarding the installation of sprinklers in new school buildings, and the requirement for a proper fire risk assessment to determine the need for sprinklers in new schools is consistent with the BB100 guidance from 2007.</p><p> </p><p>All new schools are assessed on a case-by-case basis for fire safety and, where it is concluded that sprinklers must be fitted to protect property or keep children safe, they will be. All schools must comply with building and fire safety regulations.</p><p>As there has been no change in policy, no legal advice was required in the development of the draft updated BB100 guidance.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/10/2016 17:04:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

600606

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Fire Extinguishers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on children's safety of changes to Building Bulletin 100 guidance relating to sprinkler systems in school buildings.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	48391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>The requirement for a proper fire risk assessment to determine the need for sprinklers in new schools has not changed. We are currently consulting on updating the Fire Safety Design for Schools – Building Bulletin 100 (BB100) guidance as it is nearly 10 years old.</p><p> </p><p>It remains the case that all new schools are assessed on a case-by-case basis for fire safety and, where it is concluded that sprinklers must be fitted to protect property or keep children safe, they will be. The proper standard of fire safety, to protect life and property, is essential in our schools. All schools must comply with building and fire safety regulations.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/10/2016 17:05:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

600624

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has held with (a) fire services, (b) the Fire Brigades Union and (c) other organisations on its current consultation on Building Bulletin 100 guidance.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	48274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department has received responses in relation to the consultation to revise the Fire Safety Design for Schools - Building Bulletin 100 (BB100) from a number of stakeholders. These include 15 fire services, the Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA) and the Fire Brigades Union (FBU).</p><p> </p><p>Departmental officials are in the process of arranging follow-up meetings with a range of stakeholders, including the CFOA, the FBU, the National Union of Teachers, and sprinkler profession networks, to ensure that we explore the evidence base fully.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/10/2016 17:24:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

599429

registered interest
date	11/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Fire Extinguishers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that sprinkler systems are installed in all schools.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	48152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>The proper standard of fire safety, to protect life and property, is essential in our schools. All schools must comply with building and fire safety regulations.</p><p> </p><p>All new schools are assessed on a case-by-case basis for fire safety and, where it is concluded that sprinklers must be fitted to protect property or keep children safe, they will be. This is consistent with the position set out in our Fire Safety Design for Schools – Building Bulletin 100 (BB100) guidance for schools in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Schools in Northern Ireland are required to comply with the Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 and the Fire Safety Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 which reinforces a risk based approach to fire prevention.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/10/2016 16:43:16 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon